EFFECTS OF LATISSIMUS DORSI STRETCHING ON FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY RELATED TO CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN

Autor: Abdul haseeb Bhutta, Danish Rauf, Nimra Ilyas Bhutta, Wahaj Ali, Kinza Haneef
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The Rehabilitation Journal, Vol 05, Iss 01, Pp 208-212 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2521-344X
2521-3458
DOI: 10.52567/trj.v5i01.53
Popis: Objective: To determine effects of latissimus dorsi stretching on functional disability related to chronic low back pain. Methodology: A single group pretest-posttest design trial was conducted in NOSIS clinics Mansehra Pakistan. Patients with the age between 20-60 years had chronic mechanical low back pain lasting for 7-12 weeks were included in the study. A total of n=64 randomly divided into experimental and control group, those received stabilization exercises (SE) plus latissimus dorsi stretching (LDS) and stabilization exercises alone respectively. Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) was used to determine functional disability. The level of significance was set at 95% CI (p≤0.05). Results: A total of n=61 participants participated in the study. The mean age of the study participants was 39.60 ± 10.02 and sitting time was 6.54± 1.23. It was observed that both the experimental group {p
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