The effects of a static exercise program verses Swiss ball training for core muscles of the lower back and pelvic region in patients with low back pain after child delivery. A single blind randomized control trial. (2021)

PICO

Patient/Population

Low back pain after child delivery

(n=27)

Intervention

  • Swiss ball training + Hot Pack

Comparison

  • Static exercise training + Hot Pack

Outcomes

  • Pain

  • Disability

  • Thoracolumbar ROM

Translatability:   (3/3) Easy                                    

Comments: Both, Intervention, and Comparison were equally effective in decreasing pain, level of disability, and in improving lumbar spine mobility

Limitations: Small sample size and short follow-up.

Appraisals:

PEDro Scale  – (8/10) Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No. (by PEDro – confirmed)

Metrics and
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BTB

Intervention – 1

  • Swiss Ball Training

Dose

  • 2 sets of 15 repetitions for each strengthening exercise

Periodicity

  • 3 times a week for 2 months

Local/Technic:

  • 10 minutes Hot pack
  • Postural education guided
  • Stability-Ball-Elevated Split Squat (BESS) + Stability-Ball Hamstring Curl (SBHC) +  Dead Bug (DB) + Stability-Ball Y-Ups (SBYUs).  More..

    Intervention – 2

    • Static Exercise Training

    Dose

    • 2 sets of 15 repetitions for each strengthening exercise

    Periodicity

    • 3 times a week for 2 months

    Local/Technic:

    • 10 minutes Hot pack
    • Postural education guided
    • Stabilization, such as bridging, planks, integrated stabilization, menaing side plank + bird dog. More…

    Citation:
    Adnan, H., Ghous, M., Shakil Ur Rehman, S., & Yaqoob, I. (2021). The effects of a static exercise programme versus Swiss ball training for core muscles of the lower back and pelvic region in patients with low back pain after child delivery. A single blind randomized control trial. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association71(4), 1058–1062. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.784

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