Tarcău, E.; Ianc, D.; Sirbu, E.; Ciobanu, D.; Boca, I.C.; Marcu, F. Effects of Complex Rehabilitation Program on Reducing Pain and Disability in Patients with Lumbar Disc Protrusion—Is Early Intervention the Best Recommendation? J. Pers. Med.2022, 12, 741.
Tarcău, E.; Ianc, D.; Sirbu, E.; Ciobanu, D.; Boca, I.C.; Marcu, F. Effects of Complex Rehabilitation Program on Reducing Pain and Disability in Patients with Lumbar Disc Protrusion—Is Early Intervention the Best Recommendation? J. Pers. Med. 2022, 12, 741.
Tarcău, E.; Ianc, D.; Sirbu, E.; Ciobanu, D.; Boca, I.C.; Marcu, F. Effects of Complex Rehabilitation Program on Reducing Pain and Disability in Patients with Lumbar Disc Protrusion—Is Early Intervention the Best Recommendation? J. Pers. Med.2022, 12, 741.
Tarcău, E.; Ianc, D.; Sirbu, E.; Ciobanu, D.; Boca, I.C.; Marcu, F. Effects of Complex Rehabilitation Program on Reducing Pain and Disability in Patients with Lumbar Disc Protrusion—Is Early Intervention the Best Recommendation? J. Pers. Med. 2022, 12, 741.
Abstract
Low back pain is a common problem in the active population, and the second reason for visiting a physician. In patients with lumbar disc protrusion, the nucleus pulposus bulges against the disc and the latter protrudes into the spinal column, but the annulus fibrosus remains intact. The purpose of this study was to prove that starting an early complex rehabilitation treatment results into pain and disability reduction, and increased muscle strength and mobility in patients with lumbar disc protrusions. We performed a prospective cohort study, enrolling 60 patients (25 men and 35 women) aged between 26 to 76 years, diagnosed with lumbar disc protrusion. Patients in the experimental group registered significant improvements in all studied variables (pain, mobility, muscle strength, disability) after 6 months of treatment. The results of our study suggest that, in the lumbar disc disease, a combined rehabilitation program may be more effective in terms of pain and disability reduction, if it starts early after diagnosis. The current study proves the importance of combining electrotherapy with hydrotherapy and physical therapy. Patients who received this treatment combination showed an extremely significant improvement in pain relief, and reduction of functional disability after 6 months of treatment.
Keywords
low back pain; physical therapy; disability; hydrotherapy
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
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