Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the effect of stability training in stable and unstable exercises among chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients. Method: A total of 38 subjects were involved in this study with 12 sessions over 6 weeks of intervention for the experiment group in which all of them were classified as CLBP patients. The subjects were divided into 3 groups, which were the stable group (n = 15), unstable group (n = 15) and the control group (n = 8). Results: The findings showed statistically significant differences in pain level between the stable and control groups (p = 0.013), while the stable group showed a significant decrease in pain level with 11.47 + 9.49 compared to the unstable group with a 14.27 + 11.03 pain level after the whole treatment. Moreover, both stable and unstable groups showed significant improvement in RROM with score of 4.52 + 0.41 and 4.24 + 0.53, respectively. Significant results were observed in the AROM in which the stable group recorded a value of 5.13 + 0.74, while the AROM for the unstable group recorded a slightly higher 5.40 + 1.73 number of people with disabilities. Conclusion: Hence, the results of this study suggest that stable exercises were superior in managing people with CLBP injury.
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Zainal Abidin, N., Adnan, R., Sulaiman, N., Ismail, S.I., Abidin, A.F. (2014). Effect of Stable Versus Unstable Exercises Among Chronic Low Back Pain Patients. In: Adnan, R., Ismail, S., Sulaiman, N. (eds) Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Sports Science, Exercise, Engineering and Technology 2014 (ICoSSEET 2014). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-107-7_37
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