@article{Ahmed_Hassan_Hanif_2013, title={Effects of Lumbar Stabilization Exercise in Management of Pain and Restoration of Function in Patients with Postero Lateral Disc Herniation}, volume={18}, url={https://www.annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/393}, DOI={10.21649/akemu.v18i2.393}, abstractNote={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Objective:  </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of lumbar stabilization exercise in mana-gement of pain and restoration of function in patients with postero lateral disc herniation.<strong></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Methodology:  </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In this randomized controlled trial 100 patients were taken. Using non-probability conveni-ence sampling patients were divided into 2 groups, i.e. In Group A – patients were managed with lumbar sta-bilization exercises and in Group B patients were man-aged with conventional physical therapy. Final assess-ment was based on the following Oswestry scale.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Results:  </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Mean age of patients in Group – A was 35.66 ± 6.34 years and in Group-B mean age was 37.96 ± 4.25 years. Before treatment total assessment score in Group – A and in Group – B was 16.13 ± 3.42 and 18.80 ± 3.06. After treatment total assessment score in Group – A and in Group – B was 6.90 ± 2.68 and 13.53 ± 3.07 respectively. According to p-value significant difference was present in both groups. i.e. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(p-value = 0.000).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Conclusion:  </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Lumbar Stabilization exercises pro-vide significantly better results compared with conven-tional physical therapy regimen in patients with disc herniation. Lumber stabilization exercises were safe and easy to perform.<strong></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Keywords:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">  Postero lateral disc herniation, lumbar stabilization, conventional physical therapy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; tab-stops: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /> <!--[endif]--></span></p>}, number={2}, journal={Annals of King Edward Medical University}, author={Ahmed, Shahid and Hassan, Tayyba and Hanif, Asif}, year={2013}, month={May}, pages={152} }