A Study on Co-Relationship between Static Back Extensor Endurance in Patients with Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain and Healthy Individual
Abstract
Background:Non-specific low back pain is defined as low back pain not attributable to a recognizable, known specific pathology. Low back pain became one of the biggest problems for public health systems in the western world during the second half of the 20th century, and now seems to be extending worldwide. The endurance of the back extensor muscles have been reported to be related to low back. Hamstrings tightness is one of the most common findings in patients with LBP. Controversy exists regarding the degree of association between these physical characteristics and LBP.
Objective: To study the static back extensor endurance in chronic low back pain patients and in normal subjects by using Biering Sorenson test.
Method and Methodolgy: 50 subjects with low back pain and 50 subjects without low back pain were included in the study. Demographic data (age, Gender, BMI) were collected. Then static back extensor endurance was measured with Biering Sorenson test was measured in these subjects.
Result: There was significant difference in static back extensor endurance in both the groups with higher endurance in subjects without low back pain.
Conclusion: It can be concluded from this study that static back extensor endurance is decreased in subjects with low back pain and normal individual.
