Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital,
Ile-Ife, Osun State
Nigeria
Research Article
The Effect of a Six-Week Structured Physiotherapeutic Modality on theChronic Low Back Pain Sufferers' Activities of Daily Living
Author(s): Ogundiran Opeyemi Olufemi and Ogunsanya Gbolade IsaacOgundiran Opeyemi Olufemi and Ogunsanya Gbolade Isaac
The objective of this six weeks quasi-experimental study was to determine the effect of a structured physiotherapeutic treatment plan in the management of non-specific chronic low back pain on the sufferers' activities of daily living which served as the principal outcome measure. Ten (10) participants who met the inclusion criteria were purposively recruited for this research, and a one group pretest posttest design was adopted. A treatment protocol involving the combination of fifteen minutes of Infrared Radiation (IR), twenty minutes of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) and ten minutes of Soft Tissue Massage (STM) was used in the management of the condition. Each of the participants received treatment three times a week for six weeks duration and all of them duly completed the study. Data were collected, processed and analyzed descriptively and inferentially. Wilco.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7939.1000390
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