Spinal Manipulation on Segmental Instability, Pain Sensitivity and Health- related Quality of Life in Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain | Chapter 04 | Current Trends in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 5
Purpose:
Chronic non-specific low back pain (cNSLBP) is quite common as seen every day
in clinics. Therefore, we assessed the effectiveness of spinal manipulation
(High-Velocity Low-Amplitude Thrust) on segmental instability, pain sensitivity
and quality of life among patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.
Subjects and Methods: This study is
a randomized clinical trial with 100 patients aged between 18 and 60 years
suffering from non-specific low back pain for at least 3 months of duration. 50
subjects were randomly assigned to group a received spinal manipulation and 50
subjects to group B received core stability exercises. After 15 days, scores
were measured for segmental instability (centre of foot pressure) by win track
platform, pain sensitivity (pain pressure threshold) by digital algometer and
health-related quality of life by EuroQol questionnaire.
Results: After treatment, spinal
manipulation and core stability exercises had improved segmental instability,
increased pressure threshold and enhanced health-related quality of life. However,
significantly better improvement noticed in segmental instability, pressure
pain threshold, and quality of life by spinal manipulation compared to core
stability exercises.
Conclusion: The present study
indicates that spinal manipulation is more effective than core stability
exercises in chronic non-specific low back pain.
Author(s) Details
Dr. Jasobanta Sethi [MPT,
PhD, FIAP]
Amity Institute of
Physiotherapy, Amity University, UP, Noida, India.
Dr. Kanchan Kumar Sarker
[MPT]
Department of Physiotherapy,
Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India.
Umasankar Mohanty
Manual Therapy Foundation of
India, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
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