ArticleJournal of experimental orthopaedics2021
The effect of static stretching exercises on hip range of motion, pain, and disability in patients with non-specific low back pain.
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- Effects of exercise dose based on the ACSM recommendations on pain and disability in non-specific low back pain patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled 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
- The effects of gluteal stretchingPeerJ · 2025Trial
- Association between posterior thigh tightness and lifetime low back pain in young basketball players: a cross-sectional study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Exercise Guidelines for Enhancing Mobility and Stability in Individuals with Severe Obesity.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2026Review
- Therapeutic exercise following lumbar spine surgery: a narrative review.North American Spine Society journal · 2025Article
- Impact of Hip Exercises on Postural Stability and Function in Patients with Chronic Lower Back Pain.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Is Hip Muscle Flexibility Associated with Low Back Pain Among First-Year Undergraduate Students?Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Effect of Hip Muscle Strengthening Exercises on Pain and Disability in Patients with Non-Specific Low Back Pain-A Systematic Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Differences in spinal posture and mobility between adults with obesity and normal weight individuals.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Differences in spinal postures and mobility among adults with Prader-Willi syndrome, essential obesity, and normal-weight individuals.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Changes in task-specific fear of movement and impaired trunk motor control by pain neuroscience education and exercise: A preliminary single-case study of a worker with low back pain.SAGE open medical case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe benefits of providing static stretching exercise targeting the hips in patients with non-specific Low Back Pain (NSLBP) are not well established. The objective of the study was to verify the effects of static stretching on function, pain and range of motion on patients with non-specific Low Back Pain (NSLBP).
methodsThirty females with NSLBP were randomly assigned to two control (n = 15) and experimental (n = 15) groups. The experimental group received 3 stretch practice sessions per week for a period of 8 weeks. The Oswestry low back pain Disability Questionnaire (ODI), visual analog scale (VAS), and passive hip range of motion (PROM) were employed before and after the intervention.
resultsThe results of mixed model analysis of variance indicate that the group × time interactions was not significant (p > 0.05) for all measurement outcomes. However, there was a main effect for Time (ODI: p = 0.002, VAS: p = 0.001, PROM-R: p = 0.016, PROM-L: p = 0.001). Such that the ODI, VAS, PROM-R, and PROM-L were showed significant differences before and after the intervention in the experimental group.
conclusionsThe results demonstrated a significant difference in PROM, pain, and disability after 8 weeks of stretching exercises in participants with NSLBP and limited hip extension. Therefore, it would be reasonable to infer that NSLBP might be partly related to hip flexors tightness.
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