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Comparison of the Effects of Abdominal Draw-In and Expansion Maneuvers on Trunk Stabilization in Patients With Low Back Pain and Lumbar Spine Instability

요추부 불안정성을 가진 요통환자의 복부 드로우-인 기법과 복부 확장 기법을 이용한 체간안정화운동의 효과 비교

  • Lee, Ho-Jun (Dept. of Physical Therapy, The Graduate School of Health Medicine, Daejeon University) ;
  • Kim, Suhn-Yeop (Dept. of Physical Therapy, College of Natural Science, Daejeon University)
  • 이호준 (대전대학교 보건의료대학원 물리치료학과) ;
  • 김선엽 (대전대학교 자연과학대학 물리치료학과)
  • Received : 2014.10.10
  • Accepted : 2014.11.17
  • Published : 2015.02.19
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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effect of the abdominal drawing-in maneuver (ADIM) and abdominal expansion maneuver (AEM) on trunk stabilization, as well as trunk muscle activities and differences in quadruple visual analogue scale, Korean Oswestry Disability Index, and Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire scores, in patients with chronic low back pain and lumbar spine instability. To increase intra-abdominal pressure during the trunk stabilization exercise, the technique of pushing the abdomen out using diaphragmatic abdominal breathing suggested by Pavel Koral was used, which we termed the AEM. Fifty patients who tested positive on more than three of the five lumbar spine instability tests were separated from 138 patients with chronic low back pain of these patients, 16 were placed in the control group (trunk stabilization exercise), 17 were placed in the ADIM group (trunk stabilization exercise with ADIM), and 17 were placed in the AEM group (trunk stabilization exercise with AEM). Each group participated in the study for 30 minutes three times weekly for 4 weeks. Surface electromyography was used to measure the trunk muscle activities during the kneeling forward and supine bridging positions, and one-way repeated analysis of variance was used to determine the statistical significance of the trunk muscle activities in the rectus abdominis, internal oblique (IO), erector spinae, and multifidus (MF) muscles. The ADIM and AEM groups showed relatively larger improvements in psychosocial and functional disability level than control group. There were significant changes among the three groups, those from the measured values of the AEM group was significantly higher than the other two groups in changes in IO and MF trunk muscle activities (p<.05). This finding demonstrates that trunk stabilization exercises with AEM is more effective than ADIM for increasing trunk deep muscle activity of chronic low back pain patients with lumbar spine instability.

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