Therapeutic Techniques in Rehabilitation of Core Stability Muscles among Patients with Mechanical Low Back Pain

Azzam Alarab and Hamza Shaheen
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Azzam Alarab: Palestine Ahliya University, Palestine
Hamza Shaheen: Palestine Ahliya University, Palestine

European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2020, vol. 2, issue 4

Abstract: The study was designed to compare between the effect of strengthening exercises and mobilization techniques among patients with mechanical low back pain. Sixteen participants were included in this study, three patients for each group were excluded. They were classified into two groups. Group A, strengthening exercises, therapeutic massage, and group B, mobilization techniques, therapeutic massage. Each group had three sessions per week, for four weeks. The participants were assessed by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). Independent samples were collected, t-test was used to study the similarity of demographic data between groups, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was used to study the change between pre- and post-treatment. The Mann-Whitney test was used to study the comparison between the two treatments. The comparison revealed that for VAS there was a significant difference between groups in term of the strengthening exercises group (P >0.05). For ODI, there were no statically significant differences between groups (P

Keywords: Strengthening exercises; Therapeutic massage; Mobilization techniques; Mechanical low back pain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.24018/ejmed.2020.2.4.429

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