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Determining correlation between chronic low back pain and muscular flexibility in pelvic and thigh region
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F. غفاری نژاد   , S. h. تقی زاده |
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| Introduction . Many factors can produce chron ic low back pain. The purpose of this study
was determined correla tion between flexibility of pelvic and thigh muscles and chro nic low back
pain. By means of comparison with contro l group. Also, sex as an affect ing factor was studied.
Materials and Methods. A total of 160 subjects (81 males and 76 females) with mea n age
41.3 ylo included case group (n =56) with chro nic low back pain and 104 healthy subjec ts as
control grou p. Data collect ion was performed by a questionnaire and, measuring of flexibility of
15 muscles in both sides of pelvic and hip region. Statistical analysis was done by t-student and
levins-test.
Results. The results showed that tlexibility of all muscles in patients with chronic low back
pain were less than healthy ones, but only three muscles (erecto r spinae, piriformis, rectus
femoris) were significant differences. Also male patients had less flexibility in pelvic and thigh
muscles than female patients.
Conclusion. Muscular tlexibilityh is decreased in chronic low back pain. Therefore, a
neccessory treatment in these patients is improvement of tlexibility and streching techniques |
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| Keywords: Chro nic low back pain, muscular tlexibility Key words |
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Received: 2009/01/11 | Published: 2001/08/15
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