Immediate Effects of Movement with Mobilization on Postural Sway among Patients with Low Back Pain

Objective: To find out the effect of MWM on postural sway among low back pain population.

Materials and Methods: The study was done to show the effect of Movement with Mobilization and Maitland Mobilization on postural sway in low back pain population and to find the postural control responses among low back pain population. 30 low back pain patients with age group of 18-55 years who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were selected for the study. Both the groups had 15 subjects each. Subjects of both the groups were made to stand on the force platform and all of them were made to do static and dynamic tasks on the first day, followed by three days intervention.

Discussion: MWM was given to subjects in group one (MWM group) and Maitland Mobilization was given to subjects in group two (Maitland group). On the third day postural sway was measured again and all the subjects were made to do static and dynamic tasks. Visual Analogue scale(VAS), Rolland Morris Disability Questionnaire(RMDQ), Fear Avoidance Belief’s Questionnaire(FABQ) were used to measure pain, disability, fear and stress level respectively. It was found that there was reduction in postural sway during static and dynamic activities after the intervention in both the groups. Hence we conclude that Mobilization is effective in improving the pain, disability and postural control among subjects with low back pain.

Conclusion: The result of this study showed that there is significant reduction in postural sway among subjects with low back pain during functional tasks after movement with Mobilization. Maitland Mobilization is also equally effective in improving the postural sway. It also showed that the postural sway is affected in patients having low back pain during static and dynamic activities.

Author(s): Nupur Mehta*

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