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- Title
IMPORTANţA TRATAMENTULUI DE RECUPERARE ÎN DUREREA LOMBARă JOASă.
- Authors
Szasz, Simona; Papp, Enikő; Georgescu, Lia
- Abstract
Low back pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disese. It is induced by a lot of causes, but most frecvently are mechanical causes, especially degenerative discs and spinal disc herniation. Material and method. 100 patients were enrolled in the study, diagnosed with lumbar hernia at the level L4-L5, L5-S1, subacute or chronic stage, phase III, stage I, who were treated in the Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Târgu Mureş. The study was performed during February 2011- March 2012. Patients were divided in two groups: group A consisted of 50 patients treated by medication therapy, electrotherapy and sedative massage; group B consisted of 50 patients treated in combination with medication therapy, electrotherapy, massage and physical therapy. The objectives of rehabilitation were: relaxation of hardness muscles, lower trunk muscle stretching, lumbar stretching, increasing the tone of the trunk muscles, of the abdominal and lumbar extensor muscles. Assessment was performed at the beginning, after 3 weeks and after 6 months from the diagnoses using the VAS (analog visual scale for the pain) scale and range of motion. Discusions. The complex treatment consisting of a combination between medication, electrotherapy, sedative massage with physical therapy was superior to the treatment without physical therapy. Conclusions. It is very important to continue physical therapy at home and to keep to the physical therapy secondary rules for a good evolution of the disease.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of backaches; INTERVERTEBRAL disk displacement; PHYSIOLOGY of abdominal muscles; BACK physiology; BACKACHE; COMPARATIVE studies; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; EXERCISE; RANGE of motion of joints; LONGITUDINAL method; LUMBAR vertebrae; MASSAGE therapy; MUSCLE strength; HEALTH outcome assessment; PHYSICAL therapy; STRETCH (Physiology); PAIN measurement; VISUAL analog scale; TREATMENT effectiveness; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Romanian Journal of Physical Therapy / Revista Romana de Kinetoterapie, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 29, p60
- ISSN
2069-2110
- Publication type
Article