TY - JOUR AU - Sousa, Paula Fernanda Batista de AU - Carvalho, Ramonyelle Helkys Macedo AU - Matos, Ludmilla Karen Brandão Lima de PY - 2015/07/23 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The isostretching in low back pain chronic in college students. JF - Manual Therapy, Posturology & Rehabilitation Journal JA - mtprehabjournal VL - 0 IS - 0 SE - Research articles DO - 10.17784/mtprehabJournal.2015.13.308 UR - https://mtprehabjournal.com/revista/article/view/1089 SP - 1-5 AB - <p>Introduction: Chronic low back pain is a symptom located in the lower region of the back due to an abnormal change in this region.<br>Among the methods to promote the relief of this symptom, the isostretching can be included, considered a global postural method.<br>Objective: To investigate the isostretching technique on low back pain in college students. Method: The study included 10 subjects<br>aged between 19 and 29 years. In the first stage they just met at home for a month the Low back pain Frequency Journal and in the<br>second stage of the research they have been evaluated following items in an evaluation form, continued filling out the diary and were<br>submitted to 15 sessions. Results: We observed significant improvement in back pain between participants during treatment with<br>isostretching, where the average value was 6.40 ± 0.69 before treatment and 2.40 ± 0.54 was later. Regarding the 3rd finger test soil<br>was demonstrated according to the results obtained before and after treatment increased flexibility, the average value was 17.05 ± 5.04<br>before treatment and after was 10 50 ± 3.97. Regarding the Schober test could be seen some improvement. Before treatment, the mean<br>value was 15.15 ± 0.59 and 15.20 ± 0.64 was after. Conclusion: The results reported in this study show that the Isostretching method<br>has not shown significant results in the mobility of the spine of the research participants, according to the analysis of data obtained by<br>measuring with the Stibor and Schober tests. The method proved to be effective in improving chronic back pain and flexibility.</p> ER -