The effect of individualized gradable stabilization exercises in patients with chronic low back pain: Case-control
Hee Song Lee1, Dae Jin Kim1, Yoongul Oh1
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam City, Korea.
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.
