@article{Abe_Tozim_Navega_2015, title={Acute effects of Maitland’s central posteroanterior mobilization on youth with low back pain.}, url={https://mtprehabjournal.com/revista/article/view/1090}, DOI={10.17784/mtprehabJournal.2015.13.234}, abstractNote={<p>Introduction: The low back pain is the most prevalent between the musculoskeletal disorders, and it is the most common reasons of<br>absence from work. The flexibility, mobility, strength and endurance of the low back stability influence and the disharmony between<br>these factors may result in low back pain. One of Maitland’s technique, which alter these factors, is posteroanterior (PA) mobilization.<br>Objective: To analyze the posterior chain’s flexibility, low back’s mobility, trunk extensor’s endurance and low back extensors’ muscle<br>strength after performed one treatment session using the Maitland method on youth with low back pain. Method: For this research,<br>sixteen women (22 ± 3.03 years) with chronic low back pain participated. All volunteers were evaluated according to their perception<br>of pain, flexibility, mobility, muscular strength and muscular endurance. The treatment protocol was the application of PA mobilization<br>on the five lumbar vertebrae, from caudal direction to cranial, of three series of one minute in each vertebra. The same procedures<br>of the initial evaluation were performed after the immediate application of PA mobilization technique (revaluation 1) and 7 days after<br>the protocol (revaluation 2). The data were analyzed by the Shapiro-Wilk’s normality test; analysis of variance (ANOVA) repeated<br>measures one-way with pos-hoc Bonferroni and Friedman’s ANOVA with pos-hoc Wilcoxon, with the level of significance of 5% (p< 0,05).<br>Results: After PA mobilization application, there were significant improvements in muscular strength (immediate post-treatment and<br>past seven days) and muscular endurance (immediate post-treatment). There were no significant improvements in the other variables,<br>such as, level of pain, and lumbar flexibility and mobility. Conclusion: The lumbar PA mobilization was effective for increasing muscular<br>strength and endurance, with stabilization of the level of pain, flexibility and mobility.</p>}, journal={Manual Therapy, Posturology & Rehabilitation Journal}, author={Abe, Karina Yuko and Tozim, Beatriz Mendes and Navega, Marcelo Tavella}, year={2015}, month={Jun.}, pages={1–5} }