TY - JOUR AU - Ahmed, Shahid AU - Hassan, Tayyba AU - Hanif, Asif PY - 2013/05/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Effects of Lumbar Stabilization Exercise in Management of Pain and Restoration of Function in Patients with Postero Lateral Disc Herniation JF - Annals of King Edward Medical University JA - Annals KEMU VL - 18 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.21649/akemu.v18i2.393 UR - https://annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/393 SP - 152 AB - <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Objective:&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of lumbar stabilization exercise in mana-gement of pain and restoration of function in patients with postero lateral disc herniation.<strong></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Methodology:&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In this randomized controlled trial 100 patients were taken. Using non-probability conveni-ence sampling patients were divided into 2 groups, i.e. In Group A &ndash; patients were managed with lumbar sta-bilization exercises and in Group B patients were man-aged with conventional physical therapy. Final assess-ment was based on the following Oswestry scale.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Results:&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Mean age of patients in Group &ndash; A was 35.66 &plusmn; 6.34 years and in Group-B mean age was 37.96 &plusmn; 4.25 years. Before treatment total assessment score in Group &ndash; A and in Group &ndash; B was 16.13 &plusmn; 3.42 and 18.80 &plusmn; 3.06. After treatment total assessment score in Group &ndash; A and in Group &ndash; B was 6.90 &plusmn; 2.68 and 13.53 &plusmn; 3.07 respectively. According to p-value significant difference was present in both groups. i.e.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(p-value = 0.000).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Conclusion:&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Lumbar Stabilization exercises pro-vide significantly better results compared with conven-tional physical therapy regimen in patients with disc herniation. Lumber stabilization exercises were safe and easy to perform.<strong></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Keywords:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Postero lateral disc herniation, lumbar stabilization, conventional physical therapy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /> <!--[endif]--></span></p> ER -