Does adding hip strengthening exercises to manual therapy and segmental stabilization improve outcomes in patients with nonspecific low back pain? A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The literature is unclear on the need for hip strengthening in persons with low back pain (LBP).

Objectives

To investigate the effectiveness of hip strengthening exercises when added to manual therapy and lumbar segmental stabilization in patients with chronic nonspecific LBP.

Methods

Seventy patients with chronic nonspecific LBP were randomly assigned to either the manual therapy and lumbar segmental stabilization group or the manual therapy and lumbar segmental stabilization plus specific hip strengthening group. A 10 cm visual analogue scale and the Rolland-Morris Questionnaire were the primary clinical outcome measures at baseline, at the end of treatment (posttreatment), and 6- and 12-months posttreatment. Hip strength and kinematics were measured as s

SUBMITTER: Fukuda TY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8721074 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature