The efficacy of physiotherapy combination technique on pain and functional independence of people with lumbar disc herniation

The physiotherapy combination technique is a modified physiotherapy technique by combining several techniques such as proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, neural mobilization, core stabilization and neuromuscular technique.

To examine the effectiveness of the physiotherapy combination technique on pain intensity and function of people with lumbar disc herniation.

A total of 44 patients with lumbar disc herniation is randomly assigned to assigned to physiotherapy combination technique and standard physiotherapy groups. Pain was measured using the visual analogue scale (VAS) and function were measured using the Oswetry disability index (ODI) at baseline and after 4 weeks.

At the end of therapy (4 weeks), both groups showed improvement of ODI compared with baseline. The ODI revealed a significantly better improvement in the physiotherapy combination technique than in the standard physiotherapy group.

As compared with standard physiotherapy, the physiotherapy combination technique is effective in improving pain and function of people. The physiotherapy combination technique improves pain and function in people with lumbar disc herniation.