objectives: in a single blinded randomized controlled study, we investigated the effect of stabilization exercise on lumbar multifidus muscle thickness in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain. low back pain is highly prevalent and results in considerable level of disability. many causes have been associated with weakness or injury of the soft tissues in the lumbar area. methods: a t...

objectives: low back pain is one of the main health problems which affect many people worldwide. the daily course of life is highly disrupted due to the chronic back pain problem. this study aims to explore the occupational performance of individuals with chronic low back pain. methods: fifteen people with chronic low back pain were included in this study using purposeful sampling. the particip...

Classifying patients with low back pain into homogeneous and distinct categories by organizing similar manifestations among individuals can be helpful to attain better results for treatments. Providing homogenous categories of patients with low back pain would improve benefits produced by treatments. To gain a greater understanding of the proposed multi-stage process and validate diagnostic cat...

introduction: low back pain (lbp) is the most common musculoskeletal disease. monochromatic infrared photo energy (mipe) and low level laser therapy (lllt) are light modalities used to reduce pain and increase blood flow. the aim of this study was to compare the effects of the mipe and lllt in reducing functional disability and pain as well as improving lumbar range of motion (rom) in patients ...

Low back pain, one of the skeletal and muscular system problems, is most common chronic diseases in world. Chronic low pain an important disorder that affects daily, social, work-life individuals. The majority people experience at least once their life. In this sense, it both social economic can be acute or chronic, depending on duration syndrome. Interventional, medication, rehabilitation, exe...