Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences The Scientific Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2251-8401 7 1 2018 03 21 Comparative Effect of Motor Control and Water Exercise on Proprioception, Sensory Acuity, and Pain in Patients with Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain Comparative Effect of Motor Control and Water Exercise on Proprioception, Sensory Acuity, and Pain in Patients with Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain 170 182 1100456 10.22037/jrm.2018.110886.1595 FA Seyedeh Yasaman Asadi PhD Student of Corrective Exercise and Sport Injury, Faculty of Sport Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran 0000-0001-6846-554X Amir Letafatkar2 Letafatkar Assistant Professor of Corrective Exercise and Sport Biomechanic, Faculty of Sport Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-5612-8340 Sadrodin Shojaedin Associate Professor of Corrective Exercise and Sport Biomechanic, Faculty of Sport Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran 0000-0003-0272-6748 Ali Abbasi Assistant Professor of Corrective Exercise and Sport Biomechanic, Faculty of Sport Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran 0000-0001-9733-6501 Fereshteh Eftekhari Assistant Professor of Sport biomechanics,Department of Sport sciences, School of Education and psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz,Iran 0000-0002-5231-2538 Journal Article 2017 04 18 Background and Aim: Patients with chronic mechanical low back pain experience disorder in proprioception and sensory acuity and these disorders are associated with pain in these patients. The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of motor control exercises, exercise in water, and combined exercises on proprioception, sensory acuity, and pain in patients with chronic mechanical low back pain. Materials and Methods: In the current study, patients with mechanical low back pain were selected using Oswestry Questionnaire. They were randomly assigned into four groups of motor control exercises (n=12), exercise in water (n=12), combined exercises (n=11), and control group (n=13). All three exercise groups performed eight weeks of determined exercise but the control group did not perform any exercise. To assess proprioception, sensory acuity, and pain in the patients, goniometer, caliper, and the Visual Analog Scale were used, respectively. For intra-group comparison of pre-test and post-test variables, paired t-test was used, and for inter-group comparison of variables, ANOVA test was used (Alpha ≤ 0.05). Results: The results of the present study showed a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test of exercise groups compared with those of the control group in the variables of pain (p=0.007), proprioception (p=0.005), and sensory acuity (p=0.008). However, no significant difference was found among the three groups. Conclusion: As a result, exercise in water, motor control exercises, and combined exercises were effective in alleviating the pain and increasing proprioception and sensory acuity of patients with mechanical low back pain, and all the three exercise methods were effective in the treatment of non-specific chronic low back pain. Background and Aim: Patients with chronic mechanical low back pain experience disorder in proprioception and sensory acuity and these disorders are associated with pain in these patients. The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of motor control exercises, exercise in water, and combined exercises on proprioception, sensory acuity, and pain in patients with chronic mechanical low back pain. Materials and Methods: In the current study, patients with mechanical low back pain were selected using Oswestry Questionnaire. They were randomly assigned into four groups of motor control exercises (n=12), exercise in water (n=12), combined exercises (n=11), and control group (n=13). All three exercise groups performed eight weeks of determined exercise but the control group did not perform any exercise. To assess proprioception, sensory acuity, and pain in the patients, goniometer, caliper, and the Visual Analog Scale were used, respectively. For intra-group comparison of pre-test and post-test variables, paired t-test was used, and for inter-group comparison of variables, ANOVA test was used (Alpha ≤ 0.05). Results: The results of the present study showed a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test of exercise groups compared with those of the control group in the variables of pain (p=0.007), proprioception (p=0.005), and sensory acuity (p=0.008). However, no significant difference was found among the three groups. Conclusion: As a result, exercise in water, motor control exercises, and combined exercises were effective in alleviating the pain and increasing proprioception and sensory acuity of patients with mechanical low back pain, and all the three exercise methods were effective in the treatment of non-specific chronic low back pain.

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