scholarly journals Effect of Physiotherapy on Back Pain and Function after the L4/L5 Disc Hernia Surgery

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eglė Štafėlaitė ◽  
Saulė Sipavičienė
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Lumbar Spine ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Intervertebral Disc ◽  
Functional Disability ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Hernia Surgery ◽  
Disc Hernia ◽  
Spine Mobility

Research background. A popular physiotherapy mean is spine stability exercises, but still not so many studies have been carried out about the benefts of this technique in patients after L4/L5 spinal hernia surgery during the acute period. The aim was to assess the effectiveness of spine stabilizing exercises in patients after spinal L4/L5 intervertebral disc hernia surgery for back pain and functional status. Methods. The motion of fear evaluation, using physical therapy questionnaire (TAMPA), functional disability evaluation, using Oswestry functional disability index questionnaire, pain assessment using a symptom assessment scale (SAS), lumbar spine motility measurement, using Sober test, static endurance measurement of the waist muscles. Results. After physical therapy program back pain and functional disability decreased, back and abdominal muscle endurance and lumbar spine mobility increased. Conclusions. The patients after spinal L4/L5 intervertebral disc hernia surgery low back pain decreased and functional disability increased after applied to the spine stabilization exercises.Keywords: intervertebral disc hernia, low back pain, spine stabilizing exercises. 

scholarly journals Discography interpretation and techniques in the lumbar spine

2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank J. Tomecek ◽  
C. Scott Anthony ◽  
Chris Boxell ◽  
Jennifer Warren
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Lumbar Spine ◽  
Intervertebral Disc ◽  
Nucleus Pulposus ◽  
Diagnostic Test ◽  
Diagnostic Tool ◽  
Radiographic Evaluation ◽  
Low Back

The authors provide an indepth analysis of discography, a provocative diagnostic tool to determine the origin of low-back pain. Injecting the intervertebral disc with radiopaque dye provides physicians with several useful pieces of information. First, the modality provides radiographic evaluation of the integrity of the nucleus pulposus and anular rings to determine tears or other lesions that could be creating low-back pain. Second, and very important, is its measure of disc nociception. A normal disc should not cause pain when injected; however, a disc that is physiologically compromised can mimic the pain previously experienced by a patient. The authors review the indications, technique, and interpretation of discography to allow a better understanding of when to use this diagnostic test and what to do with the results.

scholarly journals The use of STarT back screening tool to predict functional disability outcomes in patients receiving physical therapy for low back pain

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 645-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene L. Katzan ◽  
Nicolas R. Thompson ◽  
Steven Z. George ◽  
Sandi Passek ◽  
Frederick Frost ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Functional Disability ◽  
Screening Tool ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Start Back Screening Tool

scholarly journals Trunk muscular endurance, lumbar spine mobility and hip flexibility in sailors with and without low back pain

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laís Marinho de Araújo ◽  
Elisa Dell’Antonio ◽  
Marcel Hubert ◽  
Caroline Ruschel ◽  
Helio Roesler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Lumbar Spine ◽  
National Level ◽  
Spinal Mobility ◽  
Trunk Muscles ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Spine Mobility ◽  
The Right

Abstract Introduction: Low back pain is one of the most common injuries in sailors. Findings in the literature indicate that poor trunk endurance, flexibility and muscle strength are common in individuals with low back pain (LBP). Objective: Analyze trunk muscle endurance, lumbar spine mobility and hip flexibility in windsurfers with and without low back pain. Method: Sailors of both sexes with at least three years’ experience in the sport answered the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire and were submitted to Schober’s test, the passive straight leg raise (PSLR), the modified Thomas test, and isometric endurance assessment of the flexor, extensor and lateral flexor muscles of the torso. The sailors were divided into two groups (with and without LBP) and compared using the Student’s t-test or Mann Whitney U test. Results: Participants were 22 national-level sailors, 11 with low back pain (LBP) and 11 without (NLBP). The LBP group obtained longer holding times for the trunk extensors (p=0.028) and a greater difference in endurance between the right and left sides for lateral trunk muscles (p=0.030). Both groups obtained results below normative values in most of the tests performed. Conclusion: Sailors with low back pain exhibited greater trunk extensor endurance and a larger imbalance between lateral trunk muscles when compared to those with no LBP. Spinal mobility and hip flexibility were similar between groups.

scholarly journals New therapeutic approaches in the treatment of low back pain

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (19) ◽  
pp. 11-15
Author(s):  
Marius Neculăeș ◽  
Paul Lucaci
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Lumbar Spine ◽  
Magnetic Induction ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Inductive System ◽  
New Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
Spine Mobility ◽  
Microsoft Office

Abstract Medical recovery practices have welcomed more and more patients complaining about moderate or intense low back pain. Aim: This paper aims to demonstrate the efficiency of successive magnetic induction therapy on low back pain syndrome. We assume that the use of successive magnetic induction in the treatment of patients with low back pain will reduce significantly the pain manifestations at this level. Methods: The study was conducted on 30 patients who displayed important low back pain and decreased lumbar spine mobility. The therapy applied – super inductive system – reduced significantly the pain threshold of these patients and improved the lumbar spine mobility, implicitly. Results: In order to highlight the results, we interpreted graphically the values of the initial and final testing using the Microsoft Office Excel. There is no doubt that the mobility of the lumbar spine of patients improved considerably, some patients reported that their pain disappeared altogether, while others reported only a mild discomfort. Conclusion: This study stands to highlight the efficiency of the Super Inductive System, a fact confirmed by the comparison between initial and final results.

scholarly journals A study of the effects of chiropractic therapy on the diameter of the spinal canal of patients with low back pain and radiculopathy

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Bradley Stuart Beira
Keyword(s):  
Low Back Pain ◽  
Back Pain ◽  
Lumbar Spine ◽  
Intervertebral Disc ◽  
Spinal Canal ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Lumbar Intervertebral Disc ◽  
Chiropractic Therapy

Focus during this investigation was directed towards determining alterations in the size of the lumbar intervertebral disc in patients symptomatic with low back pain and sciatic distribution pain, in response to chiropractic management of this condition. The efficacy of chiropractic management for low back pain with associated radiculopathy has been examined. Flexion distraction technique and side posture rotatory adjustment technique of the lumbar spine have been used during this trial.

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