The Effect of Water Exercise on Pain and Disability in Patients with Non-Specific Chronic Back Pain and Its Relationship with Changes in Inflammatory Factors
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Mohammad-Ali
Kohanpour
1
Saeideh
Najd
2
Monireh
khademi
3
Sirous
Farsi
4
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Abstract :
the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of exercise in water on pain and the disability of patients with non-specific chronic back pain and its relationship with changes in inflammatory factors. The statistical sample of the research included 20 women suffering from non-specific chronic back pain purposefully selected and randomly assigned to three groups: exercise in water and control (10 people in each group). The exercise group participated in a course of 8-week program, while the control group received no intervention and had their normal routine activities. 48 hours before and 48 hours after the intervention, pain and disability and serum levels of CRP and TNF-α were measured. In order to examine and compare the changes of the variables, mixed analysis of variance was used. The results showed that pain and disability as well as serum levels of CRP and TNF-α in the training group were significantly reduced compared to the control group (P<0.05). Also, the results indicated that there was a positive significant relationship between all the variables (P<0.05). It seems that eight weeks of training in water leads to improvement of pain and disability in patients with non-specific chronic back pain. In the meantime, the reduction of inflammation caused by these exercises probably plays a role. However, we need more studies in this field.