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Effect of upper-extremity strengthening exercises on the lumbar strength, disability and pain of patients with chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled study

dc.contributor.authorAtalay, Erdem
dc.contributor.buuauthorAkova, Bedrettin
dc.contributor.buuauthorGür, Hakan
dc.contributor.buuauthorŞekir, Ufuk
dc.contributor.departmentTıp Fakültesi
dc.contributor.departmentSpor Hekimliği Ana Bilim Dalı
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-1044-8805
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-2735-8697
dc.contributor.researcheridAAI-4550-2021
dc.contributor.researcheridAAM-4348-2020
dc.contributor.researcheridR-5044-2018
dc.contributor.scopusid6507563417
dc.contributor.scopusid7006025993
dc.contributor.scopusid8086677600
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-09T11:14:03Z
dc.date.available2023-02-09T11:14:03Z
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.description.abstractThe present study aimed to analyze the impacts of a low back rehabilitation program accompanied with neck, shoulder and upper back exercises on pain, disability, and physical characteristics of patients with chronic low back pain. Twenty sedentary male patients with chronic low back pain participated in the study on a voluntary basis. The patients were randomly allocated into two groups: a conventional low back exercise group (CE) and a supported exercise group (SE; CE plus upper back, neck, and shoulder exercises). The Modified Oswestry Disability Questionnaire (MODQ) was used to evaluate the disability status and the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) was used to identify the pain states of the patients. In addition, neck, lumbar and shoulder isokinetic and isometric strengths of the patients were evaluated. The CE group performed lumbar stretching, mobilization and stabilization exercises in addition to low-back and abdominal isometric and concentric strengthening exercises. The SE group performed static stretching and isotonic exercises for the neck, upper-back, and shoulder muscles, in addition to the exercises performed in CE group. The exercises were implemented 3 days a week for 6 weeks in both groups. Following the 6-week exercise periods in both groups, statistically significant (p < 0.01) improvements were observed in the patients' levels of pain and the scores of MODQ reflecting an easing of disability. With respect to the levels of pain and disability, the improvements observed in the SE group was significantly (p < 0.01) greater than the improvement observed in the CE group. Based on the findings of this study, we can conclude that a low back exercise program used in combination with neck, shoulder and upper back exercises reduces the level of pain and disability in patients with chronic low back pain more prominently than conventional low back exercises.
dc.identifier.citationAtalay, E. vd. (2017). ''Effect of upper-extremity strengthening exercises on the lumbar strength, disability and pain of patients with chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled study''. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 16(4), 595-603.
dc.identifier.endpage603
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.pubmed29238262
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85036508615
dc.identifier.startpage595
dc.identifier.uri1303-2968
dc.identifier.urihttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29238262/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11452/30943
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.identifier.wos000422714000021
dc.indexed.wosSCIE
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJournal Sports Science & Medicine
dc.relation.bapHDP(T)-2014/4
dc.relation.collaborationSanayi
dc.relation.journalJournal of Sports Science and Medicine
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectSport sciences
dc.subjectChronic back pain
dc.subjectBack and neck exercises
dc.subjectPain disability
dc.subjectMuscle fatigue
dc.subjectStabilization
dc.subjectMobilization
dc.subjectTherapy
dc.subjectProgram
dc.subjectTrial
dc.subject.scopusLow Back Pain; Muscle; Electromyography
dc.subject.wosSport sciences
dc.titleEffect of upper-extremity strengthening exercises on the lumbar strength, disability and pain of patients with chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled study
dc.typeArticle
dc.wos.quartileQ2
dspace.entity.typePublication
local.contributor.departmentTıp Fakültesi/Spor Hekimliği Ana Bilim Dalı
local.indexed.atScopus
local.indexed.atWOS

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