Spinal pain is one of the most frequent reasons of health disorder and consulting a doctor. 60-90% of adults complain of a spinal pain at least once in their lifetime. 50% of adults experience a spinal pain that makes them suspend their work and unbalance their everyday life. This is the main reason of adults’ disability till 45 years old ant the third most frequent reason of adults’ disability over 45 years old. 5-10 % of cases spinal pains are not acute.
The aim of this research was to evaluate the efficiency of aquatic procedures and procedures done in the kinesytherapy hall in treating spinal pains.
The goals of the research were:
1. To evaluate spinal pain of the examined ones before and after kinesytherapy.
2. To evaluate mobility of the spine of the examined ones before and after kinesytherapy.
3. To evaluate strength of lumbar muscles of the examined ones before and after kinesytherapy.
4. To estimate which aquatic procedure is more effective in treating spinal pains.
The research was carried out in Kaunas Medicine University Clinics. There were examined three groups of patients. Each group consisted of 15 patients. Altogether 45 patients took part in the investigation.
During the investigation there were evaluated such factors as pain, strength of muscles (abdominal, spinal, right and left sides) and mobility of the spine (forward, backward, left, right) of the patients.
After kinesytherapy the intensity of pain of the examined ones decreased statistically... [to full text]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050518_103706-90848 |
| Date | 18 May 2005 |
| Creators | Nasevičiūtė, Danutė |
| Contributors | Zachovajevas, Pavelas, Kriščiūnas, Aleksandras, Dudonienė, Vilma, Skirius, Jonas, Vaitauskienė, Vida, Krutulytė, Gražina, Gorinienė, Galinda, Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Lithuanian Academy of Physical Education |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050518_103706-90848 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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