Comparative effectiveness of LSE and VOP in low back pain managements.

      Аннотация: Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) can lead to a diminished ability to engage in a variety of activities such as work. Some of the treatments of CLBP are manual therapy techniques such as Vertical Oscillatory Pressure (VOP) and therapeutic exercises such as Lumbar Stabilization Exercises (LSE). This study assessed and compared the effectiveness of LSE, VOP and VOP combined with LSE on pain intensity, disability level, health related quality of life, anxiety level and spinal range of motion in patients with CLBP. This quasi-experimental study involved 63 patients with CLBP. Participants were recruited purposively from Out-patient Physiotherapy Clinics of two Hospitals in Nigeria. Participants who gave their consents were randomly assigned into one of three treatment groups. Treatment effects were assessed in terms of pain intensity, anxiety level, disability index, health related quality of life and spinal ROM using Visual Analogue Scale, Beck Anxiety Inventory ,Oswestry Disability Index, Short Form-12 questionnaire and F-F method at baseline, third week and sixth week of treatment. Participants underwent treatment twice weekly for six weeks. Measurements.

Ключевые слова: low back pain, Lumbar Stabilization Exercises, Vertical Oscillatory Pressure