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- Title
The Effect of Callisthenic Exercises on Pain Threshold, Pain Severity and Muscle Strength on Sedentary Women Diagnosed with Upper Extremity and Low Back Pain.
- Authors
Akyol, Betül; Arslan, Cengiz; Çolak, Cemil
- Abstract
Aim: This study on sedentary women diagnosed with upper extremity and low back pain is conducted to analyze the effects of calisthenic exercises on pain threshold, pain severity, and muscle strength. Materials and Methods: Our study included 80 sedentary women, aged between 40-60, who were diagnosed with upper extremity and low back pain; these patients were admitted to the outpatient physical therapy clinic of a private hospital in Malatya. Patients were randomly assigned to two groups. 40 patients underwent conservative therapy (US, HP, tens) as the control group and 40 patients received conservative therapy and calisthenic exercises as the training group. Both groups were administered a pre-test and post-test model. Pain threshold, pain severity, muscle strength of the subjects were assessed before and after the treatment. The data were evaluated using IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0 package software, and the level of significance was taken as p<0.05. Results: Based on the results of this study, patients who were treated with conservative treatment together with calisthenic exercises had significantly increased muscle strength, pain threshold values (p <0.05) while they also showed significantly decreased pain intensity values (p <0.05). It was observed that all muscle strength variables were significantly improved compared to the baseline values after treatment with calisthenic exercise added to conservative treatment. There were significant differences found in muscle strength and pain threshold values between the two groups (p<0.05). Conclusion: In conclusion, we believe that conservative treatment administered with calisthenic exercises increases muscle strength and muscle pain threshold values.
- Subjects
TREATMENT of backaches; BACKACHE diagnosis; SEDENTARY women
- Publication
Journal of Turgut Ozal Medical Center, 2016, Vol 23, Issue 1, p29
- ISSN
1300-1744
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5455/jtomc.2015.2954