Effect of Six Weeks of Pilate’s Rehabilitation Exercises on Disability, Trunk Flexibility, ‎Core Muscle Strength, and Endurance in Women with Lumber Disc Herniation

Purpose‌‌‌‌:

Low back pain is one of the most common, debilitating, and costly health problems. Repetitive movements, improper lifting of objects, obesity, severe trauma or aging can cause disc herniation. Disc herniation occurs when the disc comes out of place or protrudes and puts pressure on nearby nerves or nerve roots. The present study evaluated the effects of 6 weeks of Pilate’s rehabilitation exercises on disability, flexibility of the trunk, strength, and endurance of the core muscles in women with lumbar disc herniation.

Methods‌‌‌‌:

Thirty women with lumbar disc herniation were purposefully and randomly divided into two groups: experimental (n=15, age: 55.6 years; height: 1.61 meters; weight: 66.2 kg) and control (n=15, age: 56/4 years ; height: 1/7 meters ; weight: 67/4 kg). Disability, flexibility of the trunk, strength and endurance of the core muscles, were measured with the oswestery questionnaire, the Schubert test, the Hundred Pilates test, and the Planck McGill test, respectively. The experimental group performed Pilate’s rehabilitation exercises for 6 weeks, 3 sessions per week, and 60 minutes per session. Data were analysed using repeated measures analysis of variance and the Bonferroni post hoc test at a level of 5% error and using SPSS software version 22.

Results‌‌‌‌:

Pilates largely avoids high impact, high power output, and heavy muscular and skeletal loading. Pilates largely avoids high impact, high power output, and heavy muscular and skeletal loading.

Conclusion‌‌‌‌:

Due to the effective results of Pilates rehabilitation exercises, these exercises can probably be used to improve the symptoms of people with lumbar disc herniation. ‌‌‌‌‌