The effect of six weeks of exercise therapy on pain, balance and trunk endurance muscles in girl's students with a chronic low back pain

There are general consensus about the exercise therapy, as a prevention and treatment of low back pain. But because of different methods of treatment, there is no sufficient evidence about the superiority of one method to another. In this study, the effect of 6 weeks of exercise therapy on pain, balance, and stamina of muscles were investigated in girl’s students with chronic low back pain. A total of 18 patients were selected among all recalling student that volunteered for this study in Birjand University, and then randomly divided in two groups, as training (10 subjects), and control (8subjects) groups. The pain levels, trunk muscles endurance and dynamic balance were measured by Quebec back pain question are, Sit- up and Sorensen, test and Star Excursion Balance test respectively. The core stabilization exercises were exerted on a regular basis within six weeks of each 3 sessions a week, each session was conducted for about 45minutes. Although, the results showed, a significant reduction in pain levels, significant increase in trunk musclemen durance, as well as in dynamic balance (P˂0/05). Moreover, the significant correlation was indicated in between pain, trunk muscle endurance and balance in the subjects (p≤0.05). Therefore, it can be stated that the core stabilization exercises, can be used for reduction of the pain, and also as a suitable exercise for treatment of low back pain.