Effects of Active Release Technique on Pain, Oswestry Disability Index and Pelvic Asymmetry in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients (능동이완기법이 만성 허리통증 환자의 통증, 요통장애지수 및 골반비대칭에 미치는 영향)

Seung-Hoo Lee (이승후); Nam Seung Min (남승민)

doi:10.13066/kspm.2020.15.1.133

Effects of Active Release Technique on Pain, Oswestry Disability Index and Pelvic Asymmetry in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients

Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
Abbr : J Korean Soc Phys Med
2020, 15(1), pp.133-141
DOI : 10.13066/kspm.2020.15.1.133
Publisher : The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Physical Therapy > Other physical therapy
Received : November 11, 2019
Accepted : December 19, 2019
Published : February 29, 2020

Seung-Hoo Lee ¹, Nam Seung Min ¹

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PURPOSE: This study examined the effects of active release technique on pain, Oswestry Disability Index, and pelvic asymmetry in chronic low back pain patients. METHODS: Thirty five outpatients diagnosed with chronic low back pain were enrolled in this study. The patients were divided randomly into an active release technique therapy group(experimental group; n=18) and myofascial release technique therapy group(control group; n=17). These groups performed their respective therapy for a 40-minute session occurring twice a week over six weeks. The Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) was used to measure the subjects’ pain, and the Korean Oswestry Disability Index(KODI) was used to measure the subjects’ dysfunction. To assess the patients’ pelvic asymmetry, their pelvic tilt and pelvic rotation were measured using X-ray imaging. RESULTS: Both the experimental group and control group exhibited significant decreases in their VAS and KODI scores after the therapy(p<.05). The experimental group exhibited a significant decrease in their pelvic tilt and pelvic rotation after therapy(p<.05). A significant difference was observed between the experimental group and the control group (p<.05). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that active release technique is effective in decreasing the level of pain and dysfunction in chronic low back pain patients. In addition, the active release technique is considered to be more effective in improving the pelvic tilt and pelvic rotation than myofascial release technique. This can be an effective method for the non-pharmacological and non-surgical treatment of chronic low back pain.

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Active release technique, Chronic low back pain, Pelvic asymmetry, KODI

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