Efficacy Of Pilates Exercise For Low Back Pain In Adolescents
Keywords:
LBP IN ADOLESCENT, PILATES, SWIMMING, TEASERAbstract
Background: Non- specific type of LBP is common in adolescent and is also a disabling condition as they grow. There are many techniques of physiotherapy as well as others associated therapy such as yoga etc but there efficiency is unknown.
Pilates was proposed as the best treatment strategies to improve muscle strength and endurance along with flexibility, posture and balance in non-specific type of LBP in adolescent.
Methodology:
Study design: experimental study design. (Pre-test, Post-test)
Sampling Technique: Stratified Random Sampling.
This study included 30 subjects (15 males 15 females) with LBP full-filing inclusion criteria and willing to participate. The subjects were treated with Pilates swimming and teaser exercise for 30mins per day for 5days in a week for 4 weeks. Pre and post treatment assessment for pain in VAS and quality of life by using MODQ were noted andanalysed.
Result: The data (total number 30, male-15, female-15) was analyzed by Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and Mann-Whitney Test etc. The results stated that there was decreasing in pain in vas and improvement in quality of life of the subjects following above interventions.
Conclusion: The objective was to find out effectiveness of Pilates in adolescent with LBP. This study results showed that Pilates had significantly decreased pain and improved quality of life in adolescent.
Pilates produced highly significant improvement in reducing pain (VAS score) and improvement in function (MODQ score) at the 4th week when compared to baseline values in subject with non-specific type of LBP.
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