Journal of Anesthesiology and Pain

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Aim and Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of massage therapy, stability exercise and combination exercise on improvement of chronic low back pain Methods and Materials: In this study, 30 patients with chronic low back pain with an average age of 33.44±9.02 years participated. Patients were randomly divided into three groups: massage, stability and combination. The protocol consisted of training for 8 weeks, three days a week and each session was about an hour.Patients for 12 sessions (4 weeks, or every other day), protocols massage, stability exercises and combination with supervision therapists received. Findings:The results of this study showed that the studied methods significantly (P<0.05) decreased the pain and improved function compared to the pre-test. Also significant difference was observed between groups (P<0.05). Conclusions: the results showed that stabilization training combined with massage therapy is more effective than using each alone.

Keywords: Massage Therapy, Stability exercises, Combination exercises, Chronic low back pain, pain, Percent Disability

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