Year: 2023 | Month: December | Volume: 13 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 223-228
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20231227
Efficacy of Core Strengthening Exercises and Interferential Therapy on Lumbar Range of Motion in Patients with Spondylolisthesis
Prabhjot Kaur1, Brajendra Singh1, Shyamal Koley2
1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Professor, Associate Dean and Head, Department of Physiotherapy, University School of Allied Health Sciences, Rayat Bahra University, Mohali, India
Corresponding Author: Shyamal Koley
ABSTRACT
Background: Spondylolisthesis is a presumed cause of back pain. Degenerative spondylolisthesis is most commonly observed at the L4-5 level (male 3.9%, female 8.8%, total 5.9%). Various studies are available that showed the beneficial effects in the management of spondylolisthesis, but there were only a few studies conducted comparing the effect of core strengthening exercises and electrotherapy modality. Thus, the present study was designed for the comparison of core strengthening exercises and interferential therapy in patients with spondylolisthesis.
Materials and Method: A total of 42 purposively selected confirmed cases of spondylolisthesis (both male and female) aged 25-40 years were considered for the present study. The subjects were further divided into two groups for intervention. Group-A consisted of 21 subjects who were treated with interferential therapy (IFT). Group-B consisted of 21 subjects who were treated with core strengthening exercises.
Results: The results of the present study revealed that statistically significant differences were noted for lumbar range of motion between pre- and post-treatment in patients treated both with interferential therapy (p<0.001-0.004) (Group-A) and core strengthening exercises (p<0.003-0.001) (Group-B). But in post-treatment, the patients treated with core strengthening exercises had higher percentage of increment in lumbar range of motion than the patients treated with interferential therapy.
Conclusion: The findings of the present study showed that both the five weeks of treatment protocol with interferential therapy and core strengthening exercises can be used to improve the functional disability and lumbar range of motion. But the core strengthening exercises protocol showed statistically greater improvement than interferential therapy protocol.
Key words: Core strengthening exercises, Interferential therapy, Lumbar range of motion, Spondylolisthesis.