Effects and limitations of home-based motor-control exercise for chronic low back pain: A single center prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Prospective single-center observational study.

Objective

To investigate the effects and limitations of self-motor-control exercise in patients with chronic low back pain.

Summary of background data

Although exercise therapy and physical therapy have been shown to be effective in treating chronic low back pain, these therapies are often discontinued due to patients' non-compliance, and their effectiveness cannot be fully demonstrated.

Methods

Fifteen patients with low back pain, no apparent organic disease, who had been symptomatic for at least three months, and could continue motor-control exercise at home for at least six months were included in the study. Low back pain (visual analog scale [VAS]), locomotor 25, stand-up test, two-step test, trunk

SUBMITTER: Hirota R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10124855 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature