Year: 2024 | Month: February | Volume: 14 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 181-186
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20240224
Efficacy of Core Stability Exercise on Physio Ball Versus Trunk Balance Exercise in Non-Specific Low Back Pain
Kumar Vikram1, Dwarikanath Rout2, Priyabrata Dash3, Avinash Tiwari4, Nihar Ranjan Mohanty5
1,4 Sri Jagannath College of Physiotherapy, Kalahandi University, Nuapada, India.
2,3,5 School of Physiotherapy, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIIT DU, Bhubaneswar, India.
Corresponding Author: Nihar Ranjan Mohanty
ABSTRACT
Background: Low back pain has found to be most common cause of disability in developing countries. Approximately two third of the adults are affected by non-specific low back pain or mechanical low back pain at some point in their lives. The endeavour of this study was to compare the efficacy of the core stability exercise on Physio ball and trunk balance exercises in terms of pain, disability and quality of life in individuals with non-specific chronic low back pain.
Material and Methods: Thirty male subjects were included in the study divided into two groups (15 subjects in each group). The group-A received core stability exercise on physio ball and group-B received the trunk balance exercise. The protocol consisted of eight sessions 4 times a week for two weeks and the readings was taken on first session (pre-intervention), fourth and eighth (post-intervention) on VAS for pain, Oswestry Disability Index for disability and quality of life.
Results: Trunk balance exercise (Group-B) showed statistically significant difference in pain (VAS3) and disability (ODI3) as compared to the core stability exercise on the Physio ball (Group-A) after 8 sessions of intervention in individuals with non-specific chronic low back pain.
Conclusion: From the study, we conclude that the both group-A and group-B when combined with hot pack and flexibility exercises shows statistically significant improvement in pain, disability and quality of life. However, group-B was more effective than group-A in treating non-specific chronic low back pain.
Key words: Low back pain, Oswestry Disability Index, trunk balance exercises, core stability exercise, Physio ball.