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Efficacy of Kraus-Weber Exercise Protocol in the Management of Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain
Objective: This study was carried out to determine the efficacy of Kraus-Weber exercises in the management of chronic mechanical low back pain (CMLBP). Design: The equivalent group experimental design was used in the study. Sample Size and Sampling Technique: Thirty volunteer participants with diag...
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| 042 | |a dc | ||
| 720 | |a Hamzat, T. K. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Awolola, E. O. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Adeniyi, A. F. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Olaleye, O.A. |e author | ||
| 260 | |c 2003 | ||
| 520 | |a Objective: This study was carried out to determine the efficacy of Kraus-Weber exercises in the management of chronic mechanical low back pain (CMLBP). Design: The equivalent group experimental design was used in the study. Sample Size and Sampling Technique: Thirty volunteer participants with diagnosis of CMLBP took part in the study. The fish bowl technique of simple random sampling was used to assign subjects into either the experimental (Kraus-Weber) or control (non-Kraus-Weber) group. Interventions: Pain intensity, lumbar spine flexibility and functional abilities confidence level (FACL) were assessed before and after 6 weeks of treatment. Subjects in the experimental group were treated using Kraus-Weber exercise, heat therapy, massage and back care education. Subjects in the control group were also treated with heat therapy, massage and back care education excluding Kraus-Weber exercise. Data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics of Student t-test and Spearman rank correlation coefficient (Rho). Significance was set at 0.05 alpha level. Results: Results obtained showed that there was no significant difference in the pre-treatment parameters of the two groups studied. There was significantly greater reduction in the post-6-weeks treatment pain intensity and significantly higher post-treatment functional abilities confidence level of the experimental than the control group subjects. Patient's abilities confidence level was found to increase as their pain intensity decreased. Conclusions: Kraus-Weber exercise is an effective tool in the management of CMLBP when combined with heat therapy, massage and back care education. Kraus-Weber exercise in addition to other modalities was therefore recommended in the management of CMLBP. | ||
| 024 | 8 | |a 1319-6499 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a ui_art_hamzat_efficacy_2003 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a Saudi Journal of Disability and Rehabilitation 9(4), pp. 216-222 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a https://repository.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/13090 | |
| 653 | |a Low back pain | ||
| 653 | |a Rehabilitation Physiotherapy | ||
| 653 | |a Exercise therapy | ||
| 653 | |a Kraus-Weber exercise | ||
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