TNNMC Journal of Community Health Nursing
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

Ffectiveness of muscle strengthening exercise on low back pain disabilities among women

  • Author:
  • Vidhya Rani
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 15 to 18

Assistant Professor, Aladi Aruna College of Nursing, Tirunelveli

Online published on 4 December, 2018.

Abstract

Low back pain is a major public health problem all over the world. Muscle strengthening exercise can be used to eliminate impaired flexibility and restore normal trunk range of motion. The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of muscle strengthening exercise on low back pain disabilities among women aged between 35 to 55 years. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was adopted for this study. The study results showed that the mean post test level of low back pain disabilities among women in experimental group was significantly lower than their mean post test level in control group (t=4.6, P<0.05) women aged between 35 to 55 years

Keywords

Low back pain, public health, exercise, disabilities