Journal
SPINE
Volume 27, Issue 17, Pages 1829-1834Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200209010-00003
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back pain; physiotherapy; resistance training; treatment
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Study Design. A randomized controlled trial with a 6-month follow-up period was conducted. Objective. To compare lumbar extension exercise, and whole-body vibration exercise for: chronic lower, back pain. Summary of Background Data. Chronic lower back Pain, involves muscular as well as connective and neural systems. Different, types, of physiotherapy are applied for its treatment. Industrial vibration is regarded as a risk factor; Recently, vibration exercise,ha's been developed as a new type of physiotherapy. It is. thought to activate muscles via reflexes. Methods. In this study, 60 patients with chronic lower back Pain devoid of specific spine diseases, who had a mean age of 51.7 years and. a pain history of 13.1 years, practiced either isodyamic lumbar extension or vibration exercise for 3 months. Outcome measures were lumbar extension pain sensaition (visual analog scale), and pain-related disability (pain disability indax). Results. A significant and comparable reduction in pain sensation and pain-related disability was observed in both groups. Lumbar extension torque increased significantly in the vibration exercise group.(30.1. Nm/kg), but significantly more in the lumbar extension group (+59.2 Nm/kg; SEM 10.2; P < 0:05). No correlation was found between gain in lumbar torque and pain relief or pain-related disability (P > 0.2). Conclusions. The current data indicate that poor lumbar muscle force probably is not the exclusive cause of chronic lower back pain. Different types of exercise therapy tend to yield comparable results. Interestingly, well controlled vibration may be the cure rather than the cause of lower back pain.
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