EFFECTS OF CORE STABILITY EXERCISE COMBINED WITH SUPERFICIAL HEAT AND MASSAGE ON ENDURANCE OF BACK MUSCLE IN CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN PATIENT

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to analyze and compare the effect of endurance of back muscle. The subjects were chonic low back pain . Thirty participants were selected by simple sampling method. The participants were divided into three groups; 10 in each group. The control group was the core stability exercise . The first group the core stability exercise combined with the hot pack. The second group the core stability exercise combined with the massage. The endurance of back were measured before and after intervention. The data was analyzed with the ANOVA, Tukey and matched pair t-test.
The results illustrated that there was a significant difference of back muscle endurance between groups (p < 0.05). Exercise with massage group provided the highest back muscle endurance after treatment. Pain levels had a significant difference between groups (p < .005). Both exercise with hot pack group and exercise with massage group had better pain levels than exercise group. A significant difference of flexibility between groups was not found in this study (p > 0.05).
(Journal of Sports Science and Technology 2015; 15(2); 303-317)