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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

腰椎薦椎化併下背痛患者－冰敷對腰椎活動度表現之影響

Abstract

Purpose: This research was designed to investigate the short-term effect of an ice pack on lumbar range of motion in patients. Patients with low back pain caused by sacralized fifth lumbar spine were selected after clinical diagnosis.Method: Twenty-four subjects were recruited for this study. Twelve subjects with low back pain who were diagnosed with sacralized fifth lumbar spine were selected as the experimental group, and twelve healthy subjects were selected as the control group. The age, body height, and weight of the patients in the two groups were compared. Measurements of lumbar range of motion were used as the pretest baseline for the two groups. All the subjects were then administered 20-min of ice pack treatment on the lumbar area. After ice pack treatment, a post-test was performed when the subjects reported a moderate temperature recovery. The extent of low back pain in the experimental group was measured with visual analogue scale.Results: With respect to the pretest baseline data, results of the Mann-Whitney test showed that the experimental group had limited lumbar flexion. Results of the Wilcoxon signed rank test showed that the experimental group exhibited an increase in lumbar range of motion; this result was significant with respect to flexion and left side-bending. Friedman test revealed significant reduction of pain sensation in the experimental group after ice pack.Conclusions: Low back pain patients with sacralized fifth lumbar spine have relatively limited lumbar flexion than their healthy counterparts. Ice pack application might temporarily benefit patients with sacralized fifth lumbar spine with respect to lumbar flexion and left side-bending. Ice pack application might also decrease the sensation of pain in patients with sacralized fifth lumbar spine.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

141

Last Page

146

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