Effect of Exercise Therapy and Physiotherapy on Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain
| Autor: | Somayeh Noori, Gholamali Ghasemi, Khalil Khayambashi, Abdolkarim Karimi, Vazgen Minasian, Somayeh Alizamani |
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| Jazyk: | perština |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, Vol 29, Iss 151, Pp 1150-1156 (2011) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1027-7595 1735-854X |
| Popis: | Background: The aim of present research is to compare the effects of exercise therapy and physiothe-rapy that are two common treatments for pain and disability in patients with chronic low back pain. Methods: In this research 30 patients with chronic low back pain (history of low back pain for at least 3 months) were selected. Patients allocated in two treatment groups: exercise therapy (n = 17) and physiotherapy (n = 13). Disability was evaluated using oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire (ODQ) and pain intensity was evaluated with the visual analog scale (VAS).Two groups underwent treatment for 6 weeks. Post-test was performed at the end of treatment period. Following collection of primary information and determination of different variable, covariance test with the variety factor (pre-test) in the level of α < 0.05 was used to analyze the data. Findings: Research findings did not show statistical significant difference in pain (P > 0.05) but the difference in functional disability between two groups was significant (P < 0.03). Conclusion: Our results indicate that exercise therapy is better than physiotherapy for disability im-provement in patients with low back pain. Finally, this study recommends that exercise therapy can be an effective modality to management patients with chronic low back pain. |
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