| EFFECTS OF EIGHT WEEKS OF FUNCTIONAL PATTERN TRAINING ON PAIN AND ABDOMINAL ENDURANCE IN FEMALE PATIENTS WITH LUMBAR DISCOPATHY |
| Paper ID : 1190-SPORTCONGRESS |
| Authors |
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mona sadat Hadian zarkesh moghadam *1, Homan Fatahi2 1Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch 22. Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Iinjury and Corrective Exercise, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Khorasgan Azad University (Isfahan), Isfahan, Iran. |
| Abstract |
| Introduction: Pathological changes in the disc or discopathy cause pain and changes in the abdominal endurance of patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of eight weeks of functional pattern training on abdominal pain and endurance in female patients with lumbar discopathy. Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design with the participation of two control and experimental groups. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all women with low back pain aged 30 to 45 years living in Isfahan who had a score between 3 and 6. Thirty people from the aforementioned population were selected purposively and conveniently based on the inclusion criteria and then, based on the pain score in the pre-test, they were divided into two groups of 15: experimental (age: 39.53±1.10 years) and control (age: 41.40 ± 1.16 years). The experimental samples performed their respective exercise protocol for 8 weeks, three sessions per week. Before and after the training period, abdominal muscle pain and endurance of female patients were measured using the Quebec questionnaire and trunk flexion, respectively. Data were analyze Covariance test at a significance level of 0.05. Results: Regarding pain, after controlling for the effect of pre-test scores, covariance results showed that there was a significant difference between groups in pain scores (η2=0/717, p=0/001, F1,27=72/297) and abdominal endurance (η2=0/426, p=0/001, F1,27=70/291). Conclusion: The present study showed that the exercises were effective in the experimental group regarding pain and abdominal muscle endurance in female patients; but no significant difference was observed in the control group. |
| Keywords |
| Pain, Abdominal Muscle Strength, Lumbar Discopathy. |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |
