Background: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the leading causes of pain and disability in both developed and developing countries, which is ranked on sixth position in overall disease burden.
Objectives: To compare the short-term effects of alternate thrust manipulation therapy with non-thrust mobilization therapy on pain in a subgroup of low back pain subjects satisfying CPR. Materials and Methods: A comparative experimental study was conducted among the 30 study patients of age between 18-60 years diagnosed with low back pain. The patients were divided in two groups (15 each), First group (A) received the alternate thrust manipulation treatment for total two sessions in a week, whereas, second group (B) received non-thrust mobilization therapy for sixty seconds twice weekly. The study outcome measures like pain were measures by using the standard tools and the effect was analyzed by using the student t-test.
Results: The patients in the first group showed the better pian management compared to the second group. The difference between the decrease of pain among the patients of both groups by VAS was statically significant (p<0.0001), and also showed an increase (positive improvement) in quality of life by MODQ (p<0.001). Conclusion: The study concluded the better pain control and better affect in quality of life of the patient with the back pain satisfying CPR.
Keywords: Modified Oswestry Disability Questionnaire, Low back pain, Alternate thrust manual therapy, Visual Analogue Scale..
