Aquatic and Land Exercises in Chronic Low Back Pain

Experimental: The Effect of Aquatic Exercises on Pain, quality of life

Water-based exercise program was conducted in the second group of 15 patients in an indoor swimming pool. Temperature of mineral water was 36 °C. The program included warming up by walking forwards, sideways and backwards through the water in the pool; active range of motion of the joints of the lower extremities; stretching lower extremities; strengthening exercises for hips, knees, arms, elbows and wrists; and cooling down (slow walking, squatting and standing).

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exercise for low back pain

Experimental: The Effect of Land Exercises on Pain, Quality of life

Land-based exercise program included abdominal and back strengthening exercises.

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exercise for low back pain

pain in low back pain after aqua and land exercises

It is asked to mark pain on a 10 cm scale.Pain was assessed at rest and at movement by using a 10-cm-long visual (0 cm means no pain while 10 cm means worst pain

quality of life after aqua and land exercises

Quality of life was assessed by Short-Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) High scores indicate good quality of life and low scores represent poor quality of life.

disability in low back paitients after aqua and land exercise

.For disability assessment, the Modified Oswestry Disability İndex was used . According to the sum of scale; 0-4 points were considered as no disability, 5-14 points were mild, 15-24 points were moderate, 25-34 points were serious, and 35-50 points were fully functional inadequacy.

kinesiophobia in low back paitients after aqua and land exercise

The assessment of kinesiophobia was made with the Tampa Scale The fact that the individual got a high score from the questionnaire shows that she has more fear of movement.