Volume : 6, Issue : 6, June - 2017

The effects of Home Therapeutic Exercise on quality of life of women with back pain

Fateme Zare Bidoki, Vahid Zolaktaf, Gholam Ali Ghasemi

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">A series of inhibiting factors has led women with back pain to be usually recommended staying in bed rest and be banned especially from sport activities. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a home therapeutic exercise protocol on</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">quality of life of women with low back pain. The training program included 2 weeks of practical work and training. Then, with phone supervision and guidance for six weeks and using training CD, patients continued exercises at home. Preliminary tests were repeated every two weeks until the end of the program. Test used included WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Statistical analysis was done through ANOVA for repeated measures by SPSS software. Statistical analysis showed that for factor of</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">quality of life there is a significant interaction in favor of the experimental group. According to the results obtained, it can be concluded that home therapeutic exercise with the protocol presented in this study has been effective on improvement of</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">quality of life. In total, according to the physical benefits of therapeutic intervention used, this approach can be introduced as a valuable therapeutic way to improve back pain patients.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-27.0pt;margin-bottom:&#10;0in;margin-left:-9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:&#10;kashida;text-kashida:0%;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;direction:ltr;&#10;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:150%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:&#10;major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"><o:p></o:p></span></p>