Chronic low back pain.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: hip abductor strengthening exercises 3 times a week and total period of 8 weeks (24 sessions). Each session started with 10 min warm-up period consisted of 5 min st
Sponsors
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
20 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Female chronic low back pain patients with a pain intensity above 3 score when using Visual Analog Scale
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: patients with a history of sacroiliac dysfunction, invasive surgical operations with alteration of the normal anatomy of the patient (e.g., implant)major surgeries on abdomen, pelvis, and lower extremity, respiratory diseases, neurological disorders, pelvic fracture and dislocation, scoliosis and structural deformities of spine, spine surgery, malignancies, rheumatic diseases, or other systemic diseases, acute back trauma, spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis, and pregnancy or caesarian section in the last two months were excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Thickness of the lumbar multifidus muscle, pain intensity, and disability index. Timepoint: 8 weeks with 3 sessions each (24 sessions). Method of measurement: An ultrasound device is used for muscle thickness measurements, a linear scale is used for marking the pain intensity by patients (Visual Analog Scale), and finally a questionnaire is used to record the disability index (Oswestry). | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactMahnaz Aboufazeli
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed