Abstract

Objective: To know the effect of positional release technique with/out exercise in patients with chronic low back pain.

Materials and Methods: The study was performed in the physiotherapy department at Palestine Ahliya University. Patients with chronic low back pain were randomly gathered. The sample was 16 individuals, 20 - 65 years old. They were split into two groups, Group A with 8 patients, receiving positional release technique with exercise over 2 weeks for 6 sessions. Group B with 8 patients received 6 sessions of positional release technique treatment for 2 weeks. The resulting measurements were used for pain (VAS), functional evaluation (RMQ) and endurance (curl up test).

Results: The P value in after treatment was equal to 0.798, which is greater than 0.05. Therefore, there is no significant difference between the two treatments, but effect size calculations suggest that pain in patients is reduced by position release technique with exercise more than position release technique without exercise. For (RMQ) outcomes, there was no significant difference between groups with P-value = 0.234 that is greater than 0.05 after treatment, but effect size calculations suggest that position release technique without exercise enhances more than position release technique with exercise function for chronic low back pain patients. The test for post-therapy results showed a P value of 0.234 for endurance results. This value greater than 0.05, so it deduces that after therapy there is no statistically significant distinction in outcomes of endurance test between group A and group B. but the effect size of position release technique with exercises is higher than the effect size without exercises. Therefore, it can conclude that PRT with exercises increases the abdominal strength and endurance more efficiently than the position release technique without exercises.

Conclusion: Position release technique with exercise is better than position release technique without exercise in reducing pain.

Keywords: Positional Release Therapy; Stretching Exercises; Strength Exercises; Chronic Low Back Pain

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Citation

Citation: Azzam Alarab., et al. “Effect of Positional Release Technique with/Out Exercise in Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain Patients". Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 3.6 (2020): 18-27.

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