The Effectiveness of Exercise Therapy on Improving Pain and Functional Disability in Patients with Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review of English Clinical Trials

Chronic low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common and costly musculoskeletal disorders in societies that have been suggested for many therapies. Exercise therapy is one of the most widely used methods in control and treatment of chronic low back pain. The purpose of the present study is to systematically review English-language studies that have investigated the effect of different exercise methods on some of the negative factors associated with non-specific chronic low back pain.

Searches were conducted from 2008 to 2019 years from databases of google scholar, Since Direct, PubMed, PsycINFO, using keywords including Exercise therapy, Corrective Exercise, Chronic Low Back Pain. Studies investigating the effect of different methods of exercise therapy on pain relief and disability in patients with chronic low back pain were included. PEDro scale was used to check the quality of articles.

Out of 48 articles, 10 articles with 668 subjects met the inclusion criteria. These studies have mainly focused on the effect of core stability, and Pilates exercises on variables of pain, functional disability in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain. In this study, the positive effect of stability exercises and Pilates was documented.

It seems that core stability and Pilates training methods are effective interventions in the rehabilitation of non-specific chronic low back pain.