ArticleJournal of exercise rehabilitation2019
The impact of modified exercise and relaxation therapy on chronic lower back pain in office workers: a randomized clinical trial.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Psychological Support for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review on the Validity of a Growing Remote Approach.Current pain and headache reports · 2025Pooled it
- Exercise interventions for nonspecific low back pain: a bibliometric analysis of global research from 2018 to 2023.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic Review to Inform a World Health Organization (WHO) Clinical Practice Guideline: Benefits and Harms of Structured Exercise Programs for Chronic Primary Low Back Pain in Adults.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2023Pooled it
- Exercise training and depression and anxiety in musculoskeletal pain patients: a meta-analysis of randomized control trials.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2023Pooled it
- Psychological interventions for chronic, non-specific low back pain: systematic review with network meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2022Pooled it
- Exercise therapy for chronic low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Physical Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life in Office Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Low back pain and its related risk factors in health care providers at hospitals: A systematic review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Review
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- Complementary and Alternative Modalities (CAM) for pain management in musculoskeletal diseases (MSDs).Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2021Article
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- Exercise Therapy Using the Lumbar-Type Hybrid Assistive Limb Ameliorates Locomotive Function after Lumbar Fusion Surgery in an Elderly Patient.Case reports in orthopedics · 2021Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a modified package of exercise therapy combined with relaxation on pain intensity, range of motion (ROM), anxiety, and quality of life (QoL) in office workers with chronic lower back pain. In this clinical trial, 72 office workers aged 20 to 50 years with chronic low back pain were randomized to one of four groups including; group 1, exercise therapy; group 2, psychotherapy (relaxation therapy); group 3, modified protocol (exercise therapy followed by relaxation therapy); group 4, control group (no intervention). Participants exercised 3 times weekly for 6 weeks for 40-45 min of exercise/relaxation. Pain intensity, ROM, anxiety, and QoL were evaluated at baseline, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks after the end of the intervention. Results showed significant decreases in pain intensity and anxiety in the three experimental groups compared to the control group. The three intervention groups indicated a significant decrease in pain intensity and anxiety after 6 and 12 weeks. ROM significantly improved in the exercise therapy and the modified protocol over time (after 6 and 12 weeks). A significant difference in QoL was found between the groups, with the greatest improvement found in the psychotherapy and modified protocol groups. This therapeutic package (including exercise movements and psychological interventions) was found to have a superior effect on pain intensity, ROM, anxiety, and QoL after 6 and 12 weeks compared to other interventions (only exercise and psychotherapy).
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