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

Azzam Alarab
Palestine Ahliya University, Palestine
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Hamza Shaheen
Palestine Ahliya University, Palestine
DOI icon 10.24018/ejmed.2020.2.4.429

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Submitted 2020-08-05
Published 2020-08-31

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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 <0.05), but the impact of both techniques suggests that strengthening exercises have a higher effect comparing to mobilization techniques on pain. The study indicated that the strengthening exercises were more effective than mobilization techniques on pain. And finally, the study revealed that there was no significant difference between both groups on ODI.

Keywords: Strengthening exercises, Therapeutic massage, Mobilization techniques, Mechanical low back pain

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