The Effectiveness of Abdominal and Back Muscle Exercise Program on PatientsWith Chronic Low Back Pain

• Main Authors: Yun-hsien Ho, 何雲仙
• Other Authors: Jen-Chen Tasi
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22394565560474207430

碩士 === 臺北醫學大學 === 護理學系 === 91 === The purpose of this study were: (1) To understanding the intensity of the pain, functional disability status, flexibility, and back muscle strength of chronic low back pain patients. (2) To explore the effects of abdominal and back muscle exercise program on patients with chronic low back Pain. (3) To test the relationships between pain severity, functional disability status, flexibility, and back muscle strength on patients with chronic low back pain. This study utilized a quasi-experimental design. A total of 47 subjects who met the selection criteria were assigned to either the exercise group (n＝24) or control group (n＝23). The exercise programs were carried out three times per week for six weeks. The outcome indicators included Chinese version of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI-C), Roland-Morris questionnaire(RMQ), and flexibility (include sit- and-reach and trunk lift test). These were measured at before and after the program test. The first back muscle strength was measured before the program test. The 2nd and 3rd back muscle strength were measured every three weeks during the program period. Percentage, mean, standard deviation, Chi-Square test, t-test, Paired-t test, Repeated-measures of one sample dependant variable, Least-Significant-Difference, and Pearson correlation analysis were used for data analysis. The results of this research were shown as bellow: (1) The means score of pain intensity of subjects were 4.44±1.28 points, the means score of pain interference of subjects were 3.78 ±1.83 points, the means score of RMQ were 12.55±5.06 points, the sit-and-reach test of subjects were 21.51±10.29 cm, the trunk lift test of subjects were 18.97±6.17 cm, and back muscle strength of subjects were 88.27±31.10 kg. (2) The flexibility, back muscle strength, the means score of the BPI-C, and RMQ were significantly improved in the exercise group. However, the means score of RMQ also significantly change in the control group. (3) Both group compared the changes of measure variables, which were shown significantly difference in the exercise group. (4) The relationship between back muscle strength and Trunk lift test and age were significantly positive correlation. But significantly negative correlation between age and pain severity and RMQ score. Height and weight of body were significantly positive to the back muscle strength, and significantly negative to the RMQ score. Pain severity and RMQ score were significantly positive correlation. Base on the result of the study, its was concluded that abdominal and back muscle exercise did have benefit for patients with chronic low back pain.