The effect of individualized gradable stabilization exercises in patients with chronic low back pain: Case control study.
BACKGROUND There is no evidence that one exercise program is better than another for rehabilitation of patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) OBJECTIVE To identify the safety and efficacy of a gradable stabilization exercise protocol in patients with CLBP. METHODS This study is a retrospective cohort study with 65 patients. The exercise group received the gradable stabilization exercise protocol for 3 weeks over 6 8 visits, while the control group did not receive any exercise protocol. All subjects were evaluated with the visual analog scale (VAS) Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) Fear Avoidance Belief Questionnaire (FABQ) the active sit up test (AST) side support test (SST) and extensor endurance test (EET) RESULTS After gradable stabilization exercise, the exercise group showed significant improvement in VAS, FABQ W, ODI, AST, SST and EET (p< 0.05) And the exercise group showed better improvement than the control group in VAS, FABQ W, ODI, AST, SST and EET (p< 0.05) The rate of treatment success was 77.1% among patients assigned to the exercise group, as compared with 12.0% among those assigned to the control group. CONCLUSIONS This study showed that the gradable stabilization exercise protocol has the possibility to improve clinical and physical findings.
Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation