Effects of Royal Thai Massage Treatment on Range of Motion, Lumbar Spinal Curvature, and Pain Intensity of Patients with Lower Back Pain Syndrome
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The purposes of this quasi-experimental research were to investigate the range of motion and lumbar spinal curvature, to compare the pain rating scale before and after the treatment, and to study the effects of lower back pain treatment with Royal Thai massage in patients having lower back pain treatment at Chorchongkho Thai traditional medicine clinic. The sample group included the 30 patients aged between 18 - 53 with lower back pain obtained through purposive sampling. The research methodology was approved by Research Ethical Review Committees of Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University. The research instrument was treatment with Royal Thai massage and Thai herbal compression once a week for four weeks consecutively. The range of motion was evaluated by Goniometer and a flexible ruler was employ to measure the lumbar spinal curvature. The pain intensity was assessed by the Numerical Pain Rating Scale (0 - 10 pain intensity scale) before and after the treatment, using the paired sample t-test at the significance level of .05.
The research found that the Royal Thai massage and Thai herbal compression had significantly effect on different results in range of motion, the curvature of the lumbar spine, and the pain intensity before and after the treatment (p < .05). This study showed that Royal Thai massage was effective in pain relief and could be applied as an alternative nonpharmacological treatment for the patients with mechanical lower back pain.
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