Τίτλος:
Gait Kinetic and Kinematic Changes in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients and
the Effect of Manual Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Patients with chronic back pain as a result of degenerated disc disease,
besides pain, also present with impaired gait. The purpose of the
article was to evaluate kinetic and kinematic characteristics during
gait analysis in patients with chronic low back pain as a result of
degenerated disc disease, before and after the application of
physiotherapy, including manual therapy techniques. Seventy-five
patients suffering from chronic low back pain were randomly divided into
3 groups of 25 each. Each group received five sessions (one per week) of
interventions with the first group receiving manual therapy treatment,
the second a sham treatment and the third, classic physiotherapy
(stretching exercises, TENS and massage). The effectiveness of each
treatment was evaluated using an optoelectronic system for recording and
analysis of gait (kinetic and kinematic data). Patients overall showed
an impaired gait pattern with a difference in kinetic and kinematic data
between the left and the right side. Following the application of the
above-named interventions, only the group that received manual therapy
showed a tendency towards symmetry between the right and left side. In
patients suffering from chronic low back pain as a result of degenerated
disc disease, the application of five manual therapy sessions seems to
produce a tendency towards symmetry in gait.
Συγγραφείς:
Krekoukias, Georgios
Sakellari, Vasiliki
Anastasiadi, Elisavet
and Gioftsos, Georgios
Dimitriadis, Zacharias
Soultanis,
Konstantinos
Gelalis, Ioannis D.
Περιοδικό:
Journal of Clinical Medicine Research
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
chronic low back pain; spinal mobilization; gait; physiotherapy; manual
therapy
