Effectiveness of manual lumbar traction for the management of low back pain patient along with physiotherapy treatment

Abstract

Introduction: Low back pain as well as Lumbar disc herniation is a common complaint in the general population in the world. Manual lumbar traction is commonly used for treating low back pain as a physiotherapy treatment. Purpose: The study was conducted to identify and investigate the therapeutic effectiveness of Manual lumbar traction for the management of low back pain patient along with physiotherapy treatment. This study made the comparison, in order to discover the most effective treatment protocol to alleviate the symptoms of this condition. Methodology: This study was randomized control trial design. Total ten samples were selected by random sampling procedure. Dallas pain questioner was used to measure pain in different position and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) was used to measure disability of the LBP patients. Data was analyzed by using SPSS software version 20.0 which focused through column, pie chart, line diagram and paired t-test and also unrelated t-test of the parametric test. Results: Result shows that both groups were effective but manual lumbar traction was superior to basic physiotherapy treatment. The study has used statistical analysis by paired t test to compare the Experimental and Control Group and analysed by interpreting the probability level of significance of t value. The results were found to be significant for t value at probability level 0.05. Manual lumbar traction and basic physiotherapy treatment both group were similarly effective in unrelated t-test. Conclusion: The study concludes that the combination technique is significantly capable of producing beneficial effects on pain reduction and minimization of functional disability for the patient with Low back pain. Keywords: Low back pain, Manual lumbar traction, Basic Physiotherapy