1. Table 3. Flexibility intervention programmes for NSCLBP patients
Reference
Length of Intervention
Effect on Back Pain
(Masharawi& Nadaf,
2013) [27]
Study group: Activities of daily living guidance and a 45 min group exercise session aimed at improving lumbar flexibility and stability. Exercise session was completed twice a week for 4 weeks with 10 Repetitions of each exercise. Control group: Activities of daily living guidance only.
Visual Analogue Scale. Study group: 58% significant improvement Following intervention.
(Gladwell et al.,
2006) [25]
Pilates group: Completed Pilates exercises during a one hour class each week for 6 weeks, and two 30 min sessions each week at home without any supervision. Control group: Did not participate in the Pilates exercises and continued their normal PA levels.
Visual Analog Scale. Pilate group: % significant decrease following intervention. Control group: No significant difference.
(Kuukkanen&
Malkia, 2006) [26]
Intensive training group and home exercise group completed 3-month intervention program: 7 exercises for various parts of the body using either gym equipment, such as pulleys and barbells (intensive training group) or without the use of extra equipment (home exercise group). Control group: Maintained their normal PA levels and did not participate in an organized exercise program.
Intensive training: 44% significant reduction post intervention. Control 39% significant reduction post intervention. Home exercise: 32% significant reduction post intervention.
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