| An aerobic walking programme versus muscle strengthening programme for chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial. | |
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PMID: 22850802 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Objective:To assess the effect of aerobic walking training as compared to active training, which includes muscle strengthening, on functional abilities among patients with chronic low back pain.Design:Randomized controlled clinical trial with blind assessors.Setting:Outpatient clinic.Subjects:Fifty-two sedentary patients, aged 18-65 years with chronic low back pain. Patients who were post surgery, post trauma, with cardiovascular problems, and with oncological disease were excluded.Intervention:Experimental 'walking' group: moderate intense treadmill walking; control 'exercise' group: specific low back exercise; both, twice a week for six weeks.Main measures:Six-minute walking test, Fear-Avoidance Belief Questionnaire, back and abdomen muscle endurance tests, Oswestry Disability Questionnaire, Low Back Pain Functional Scale (LBPFS).Results:Significant improvements were noted in all outcome measures in both groups with non-significant difference between groups. The mean distance in metres covered during 6 minutes increased by 70.7 (95% confidence interval (CI) 12.3-127.7) in the 'walking' group and by 43.8 (95% CI 19.6-68.0) in the 'exercise' group. The trunk flexor endurance test showed significant improvement in both groups, increasing by 0.6 (95% CI 0.0-1.1) in the 'walking' group and by 1.1 (95% CI 0.3-1.8) in the 'exercise' group.Conclusions:A six-week walk training programme was as effective as six weeks of specific strengthening exercises programme for the low back. |
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Ilana Shnayderman; Michal Katz-Leurer |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-7-31 |
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Title: Clinical rehabilitation Volume: - ISSN: 1477-0873 ISO Abbreviation: Clin Rehabil Publication Date: 2012 Jul |
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Created Date: 2012-8-1 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8802181 Medline TA: Clin Rehabil Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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1Department of Physiotherapy, Maccabi Healthcare Services in Lod, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. |
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