Abstract
Background: Over a lifetime 80% of the people have low back pain. About nine out of ten adults experience low back pain in their life time. Low back pain occurs in females mostly among adult girls mainly due to some everyday activity or poor posture. In India, occurrence of low back pain is alarming; nearly 60% of the people in India have significant back pain. This study aimed at relieving low back pain among nursing students by back strengthening exercise. Method: The pre-experimental study was conducted by using one group pretest posttest research design in selected nursing hostel at Salem. Results: The mean pretest level of low back pain among the samples before the practice of back strengthening exercise was 5.50 and the mean posttest level of low back pain among the samples after the practice of back strengthening exercise was 0.03. There was no association between the mean pretest level of low back pain among samples with their BMI but there was association between the mean pretest level of low back pain among samples with their age and class. Conclusion: The back strengthening exercise proved to be effective in relieving low back pain.
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