Dafinë Ibrahimi-Kaçuri¹, Shkurta Rrecaj-Malaj², Besir Shaqiri²

¹Institution of Occupational Medicine – Physiatry Servise, Obiliq, Kosovo
²Faculty of Medicine – Univerity of Prishtina

OUTCOME OF PHYSICAL THERAPY IN LOW BACK PAIN

Sport Mont 2015, XIII(43-44-45), 206-210

Abstract

Introduction: Physical exercise can be helpful for patients with chronic low back pain to return to work and to normal activities. Application of regular exercise 3-4 a week is the best solution for reducing the pain of back. Low back pain pose significant problem in clinics and public health. It presents one of the main problems with adults, since 70-80% of adults face this problem at least once in their life. The aims of this study is to define: is the obesity one of factors which prolong the healing time in rehabilitation of physical therapy? Materials and Methodology: This study has been conducted in Physiatry Service of the Institution of Occupational Medicine, in a one year timeframe. The total was 101 patients that were employed with Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK). The study was long-term and retrospective, whereas the material was gathered particularly. The patients were treated with physical therapy in IMP , all of 101 patients have applied physical therapy. Results – from 101 sick individuals from the research, based on the body weight index, 69.3% are classified as non-obese and 30.7% obese. There are no major statistical differences found in comparison between the groups in relation to age, job position, pain localization, sick leave and radiography. With the T-Test we have found a difference with high statistical significance between the average number of applied physical therapy sessions in relation to examined groups (T-Test=2.78, P=0.0065, so, P<0.01). Conclusion: Obesity and age have no direct influence in the back pain, but affects in prolonging healing. Loss of weight helps in treating with physical therapy the sick suffering from ostemuscular problems, also psycho-social factors affect in prolonging the healing process.

Keywords

Low back, pain, physical therapy

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