Effect of Stable Versus Unstable Exercises Among Chronic Low Back Pain Patients

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.