Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Physiotherapy and low back pain: effectiveness
of a short-term treatment comparing adults and
older adults
Cuesta A (1) , González M (1) , Galán A (1)
(1) Department of Psychiatry and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences,
University of Malaga
mgsa23@uma.es
Introduction and Objectives
Older people experience a diminished of quality of life that increases when suffer
daily the symptoms of chronic nonspecific low back pain, so it will be important
to identify an intervention to stop this decline in the quality of life or even, as far as
possible, improvement it. To study whether the response of elderly (+65 years)
suffering chronic nonspecific low back pain is the same as in individuals who suffer
the same musculoskeletal problem but are younger, after conducting a multimodal
physiotherapy program (MPP) during eight weeks.
Materials and Methods
through questionnaires SF-12 (PHS and MHS), EuroQol-5D (EQ5D and
EQVAS) and Roland Morris Questionnaire (Disability), measure the general health
state, quality of life and functional capacity of 60 patients (30 women, 30 men) who
suffer chronic nonspecific low back pain without radiation to lower limbs, divided
in two subgroups according to age: Subgroup 1 (=/65 years) (n=30). These measurements were performed before and after a
physiotherapy multimodal program that integrates manual therapy, therapeutic
exercise and health education, during eight weeks.
Results
Table 1 and 2
Conclusions
The response after a MPP of eight weeks in patients with chronic nonspecific
low back pain is almost similar in both age groups on the measured variables.
Balnea
2012, núm. 6, 368-369
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ISBN: 978-84-669-1887-0
978-84-669-3482-4