نوع مقاله : Original Article(s)
نویسندگان
1 کارشناس ارشد، دانشکدهی تربیت بدنی، دانشگاه اصفهان، اصفهان، ایران
2 استادیار، دانشکدهی تربیت بدنی، دانشگاه اصفهان، اصفهان، ایران
3 دانشیار، دانشکدهی تربیت بدنی، دانشگاه اصفهان، اصفهان، ایران
4 استادیار، دانشکدهی توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اصفهان، اصفهان، ایران
5 عضو هیئت علمی، دانشگاه شیخ بهایی اصفهان، اصفهان، ایران
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Background: The aim of present research is to compare the effects of exercise therapy and physiothe-rapy that are two common treatments for pain and disability in patients with chronic low back pain.Methods: In this research 30 patients with chronic low back pain (history of low back pain for at least 3 months) were selected. Patients allocated in two treatment groups: exercise therapy (n = 17) and physiotherapy (n = 13). Disability was evaluated using oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire (ODQ) and pain intensity was evaluated with the visual analog scale (VAS).Two groups underwent treatment for 6 weeks. Post-test was performed at the end of treatment period. Following collection of primary information and determination of different variable, covariance test with the variety factor (pre-test) in the level of α < 0.05 was used to analyze the data.Findings: Research findings did not show statistical significant difference in pain (P > 0.05) but the difference in functional disability between two groups was significant (P < 0.03).Conclusion: Our results indicate that exercise therapy is better than physiotherapy for disability im-provement in patients with low back pain. Finally, this study recommends that exercise therapy can be an effective modality to management patients with chronic low back pain.
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