| Paper title: |
THE EFFICIENCY OF KINESIOTHERAPY IN THE REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH LOW BACK PAIN |
| DOI: | 10.4316/SAM.2020.0122 |
| Published in: | Volume XIII issue 1/ 2020 |
| Publishing date: | 2020 |
| Pages: | 160-170 |
| Author(s): |
Breha Roxana Maria Breha Alexandru Mihai |
| Abstract. | Low back pain is a health issue that causes incapacity to work, affecting the economic area. I chose to study this theme due to the increasing frequency of this disease. This study was organized in multiple phases: selecting the participant patients concerning their clinical particularities, the initial assessment of the patients, the establishment of the functional diagnosis, the targets of the treatment, the development of the therapeutical program, and the final assessments. In the study there were two groups: the constrol group, that benefited from pharmaceutical and electrotherapeutical treatment, and the study group, that beside the medication and electrotherapy, also benefited from kinesiotherapy. After the initial and final assessments, the values were compared using graphics method, registering improved results for study group, that benefited of kinesiotherapy. The pain decreased considerably, the quality of life increased significantly for study group, the range of motion also increased more for study group than for control group, and so did the muscular strenght. In conclusion, kinesiotherapy is an auxiliary method for pharmaceutical and electroherapeutical treatment. It is not an independent method of treatment, but it has a major contribution to faster socioprofessional reintegration of the patient and increases the quality of life. |
| Keywords: | low back pain, physiotherapy, spine, pain, functional status |
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