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2/2018
vol. 12
 
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Original paper

Inclusion of pelotherapy in the treatment of patients with lumbar discopathy treated with low-frequency magnetic field and kinesitherapy

Joanna Fidut-Wrońska
,
Robert Latosiewicz
,
Justyna Chmiel
,
Kamil Chołuj
,
Katarzyna Pikto-Pietkiewicz

Online publish date: 2018/04/20
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Background
The study aims to evaluate the effect of the pelotherapy in the treatment of patients with lumbar discopathy treated with low-frequency magnetic field and kinesitherapy.

Material and methods
The study involved 79 persons randomly divided into 2 groups. The patients from group I (39 individuals) were subjected to pelvic therapy, low-frequency magnetic field and kinesitherapy. Those in the other group (40 individuals) were exposed to low-frequency magnetic field and kinesitherapy. To compare and assess the changes in both samples, the VAS pain scale and the Roland-Morris Disability Index were used, as well as the fingers-floor test to examine the range of mobility.

Results
There were no statistically significant differences between the examined groups (p> 0.05). Both groups benefited from the therapy. In the first one, there was a reduction in pain − Me = 1.0 point in the VAS scale and, according to the Roland-Morris Questionnaire, the degree of disability was reduced by Me = 1.0 point. A more significant increase in the range of motion of the lumbar spine was observed in group II, in which the range of mobility increased by Me = 2.0 cm in the fingers-to-floor test.

Conclusions
Incorporation of a pelotherapy into the treatment which consisted of low-frequency magnetic field and kinesitherapy did not significantly result in achieving a better therapeutic outcome.

keywords:

kinesitherapy, lumbar spine, discopathy, pelotherapy, low-frequency magnetic field


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