EFFECTIVENESS OF PILATES ALONG WITH CONVENTIONAL EXERCISE AND CONVENTIONAL EXERCISE ALONE IN PARTICIPANTS WITH SUBACUTE LOW BACK PAIN

Abstract

Low back pain is considered a benign and self-limiting condition in most patients. Pilates is a system of exercises widely used in low back pain. There are no studies, show the effectiveness of Pilates exercises in participants with subacute low back pain. The study aimed to nd the effectiveness of Pilates versus Conventional Exercise in participants with Subacute Low Back Pain and to determine the better of these for benet of populations .So a Quasi-Experimental study was conducted in which 30 participants' featured of subacute low back pain were studied for 6- weeks intervention. They were divided into 2 groups by convenience sampling: - Group A: conventional exercise and Group B: Pilates along with conventional exercise. Pre and post-treatment data were collected and analyzed by SPSS 22.0. Paired and unpaired d t-test was used to nd out the signicance of the treatment. A signicant improvement in pain, disability, muscle strength, and endurance (p<0.05) was found after the treatment in both the groups. Greater statistical signicant improvement was seen in Group B compared to Group A. Thus the study concluded that Pilates along with conventional exercise was more effective in treating participants with subacute low back pain.