Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: June | Volume: 9 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 55-59
Effectiveness of Trunk Balance Exercises and Wii FitTM Balance Exercises in Managing Disability and Pain in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain
Sandeep Kaur1, Shyamal Koley2
1Assistant Professor, 2Professor and Head,
Department of Physiotherapy, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar - 143005, Punjab, India
Corresponding Author: Shyamal Koley
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Low back pain is a major public health problem all over the world. Many different therapeutic interventions are used in the management of low back pain. In the present study, two weeks interventions (10 sessions in all) with trunk balance exercises plus short wave diathermy plus flexibility exercises were given to 15 patients and two weeks interventions with the Wii FitTM balance exercises plus short wave diathermy plus flexibility exercises were given to another 15 patients with chronic low back pain.
Method: A total of 30 purposively selected confirmed cases of chronic low back pain aged 30-50 years were considered for the present study. The samples were collected from the DAV Institute of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Jalandhar, India. The subjects were divided into two groups for intervention. Group A consisted of 15 subjects who were to perform the trunk balance exercises plus short wave diathermy plus flexibility exercises. Group B consisted of 15 subjects who were to perform the Wii FitTM balance exercises plus short wave diathermy plus flexibility exercises.
Results: Statistically significant between-group differences (p<0.001) were found in ODI score and VAS score after the treatment of day-1, day-5 and day-10 in the patients treated with trunk balance exercises plus short wave diathermy plus flexibility exercises and the Wii FitTM balance exercises plus short wave diathermy plus flexibility exercises. The patients treated with the Wii FitTM balance exercises plus short wave diathermy plus flexibility exercises had the less decrement of 64.79% in ODI score as compared to 71.26% on the patients treated with trunk balance exercises plus short wave diathermy plus flexibility exercises. Whereas, in VAS score, the decrement (83.51%) was more in patient treated with the Wii FitTM balance exercises plus short wave diathermy plus flexibility exercises as compared to the decrement of 75.69% in patient treated with trunk balance exercises plus short wave diathermy plus flexibility exercises.
Conclusion: It might be concluded from the present study that, both the intervention techniques were proven equally effective for controlling disability and pain in patients with chronic low back pain.
Key words: Chronic low back pain. Trunk balance exercises. Wii FitTM balance exercises.