This study aims to investigate a recovery of muscle function and subjective pain rate and flexion range of montion in lumbar region by offering lumbar stabilization exercise program and Medx exercise programs for 8 weeks to the old age patients who ha...
This study aims to investigate a recovery of muscle function and subjective pain rate and flexion range of montion in lumbar region by offering lumbar stabilization exercise program and Medx exercise programs for 8 weeks to the old age patients who had posterior lumbar interbody fusion surgery. Against 73 participants(stabilization program: 16 men and 20 women, Medx exercise program: 18 men and 19 women), the lumbar extension muscle was categorized into 7 angles(72°, 60°, 48°, 36°, 24°, 12°, 0°) from flexion to extension by Medx(lumbar extension machine) after 3 months from the surgery and before/8 weeks after the rehabilitation and the maximum muscle strength was measured. In terms of the maximum isometric extension strength, lumbar back extension strength of men and women showed a significant difference in Medx group and spinal stabilization group. and also at the subjective pain rate and the flexion ROM, there was statistically a significant difference in both group. But specially, Medx group showed a higher than spine stabilization group in all results(p<0.001). In summary, these date suggest that Medx group and spinal stabilization group can provide patients who had posterior lumbar interbody fusion surgery a improve of lumbar extension function and decrease of subjective pain rate and increase of range of motion.