The Effect of Six Weeks Supine Movement in Water on the Pain and Disability in Men with Chronic Low Back Pain Due to Lumbar Disc Herniation

Chronic low back pain due to disc herniation is one of the common diseases in the community. In addition to the pain caused by this problem, which is a major complication, decreased and defective physical performance in daily living are other major concerns .The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of six weeks supine movement in water on pain and disability in men with Chronic Low Back Pain due to lumbar disc herniation.
24 patients with lumber disc herniation were selected, and were divided into two groups: experimental group (n=12, mean ± SD age, 47.75±3.28 years) and control group (n=12, mean ± SD age, 46.83±5.78 years). The experimental group performed 24 sessions of aquatic exercise four sessions per week, while control group did not participate in any exercise program. Data collected before and after the intervention and were analyzed by t student a significance levels of P≤0.05.
Pain and disability have been reduced significantly in the experimental (P=0.001) group. Also comparison between groups showed that disability rate also reduced significantly (P=0.001).
This study showed six weeks supine movement in water reduces the level of pain and functional disability in men with chronic back pain caused by lumber disc herniation.