Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Health Sciences

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Kronik Non-Spesifik Bel Ağrılı ve Sağlıklı Bireylerde Sırt Kas Kuvveti, Kor Endurans, Fiziksel Aktivite Düzeyi, Denge ve Fonksiyonel Durumunun Karşılaştırılması
Comparison of Back Muscle Strength, Core Endurance, Physical Activity Level, Balance and Functional Status in Subjects With Chronic Non-Specific Back Pain and Healthy Individuals
Gözde İYİGÜNa, Sevim ÖKSÜZa, Göktuğ ERa, Aytül ÖZDİLa
aFizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Bölümü, Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Gazimağusa, KKTC
Turkiye Klinikleri J Health Sci. 2019;4(3):269-77
doi: 10.5336/healthsci.2018-62812
Article Language: TR
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 Amaç: Kronik Non-Spesifik Bel Ağrısı (KNSBA), ağrının belirli bir nedene bağlanamaması ve tedavi programlarının şekillendirilmesinin zorluğu nedeniyle dünya çapında önemli bir toplum sağlığı sorunu haline gelmiştir. Çalışmanın amacı kronik non-spesifik bel ağrısı (KNSBA)'lı bireyler ve sağlıklı bireylerde sırt kas kuvveti, kor endurans, fiziksel aktivite düzeyi, denge ve fonksiyonel durumun karşılaştırılmasıdır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmaya 18-40 yaş aralığında olan KNSBA'lı (n=80) ve sağlıklı (n=80) toplam 160 birey dahil edildi. Bireylerin sırt kas kuvvetinin değerlendirilmesi amacıyla sırt dinamometresi, kor enduransın değerlendirilmesi için Mekik Endurans Testi, Sorensen Testi ve Yan Köprü Testi, fiziksel aktivite düzeyinin belirlenmesi için Uluslararası Fiziksel Aktivite Anketi-Kısa Form (UFAA-KF), statik dengelerinin değerlendirilmesi amacıyla tek ayak üzerinde durma testi (TAÜD), dinamik dengelerinin değerlendirilmesi için ''Y'' Denge Testi ve fonksiyonel durumun belirlemesi amacıyla Oswestry Özürlülük İndeksi (OÖİ) kullanıldı. Bulgular: KNSBA'lı bireylerin sırt kas kuvveti (p=0,005), kor endurans [Mekik Endurans Testi (p=0,001), Sorensen Testi (p=0,006), Yan Köprü Testi (sağ p=0,033; sol p=0,013)] ve OÖİ (p=0,001) sonuçlarının sağlıklı bireylere göre daha düşük olduğu belirlendi (p<0,05). Bunun yanında UFAA-KF (p=0,562), TAÜD (sağ p=0,255; sol p=0,042), ''Y'' Denge Testi (sağ p=0,763; sol p=0,891) ölçüm sonuçları incelendiğinde iki grup arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark bulunamadı (p>0,05). Sonuç: KNSBA'lı bireylerin sırt kas kuvvetlerinin, kor enduranslarının ve fonksiyonel durumlarının sağlıklı bireylere göre daha düşük olduğu belirlendi. KNSBA'lı bireylerin rehabilitasyon programlarında sırt kas kuvvetinin, kor enduransın ve fonksiyonel durumun geliştirilmesine yönelik tedavi stratejilerinin geliştirilmesi gerektiği düşünülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Bel ağrısı; kas kuvveti; fiziksel dayanıklılık; postüral denge
ABSTRACT
 Objective: Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain (CNSLBP) has become a major public health problem worldwide due the difficulty of attributing pain to a specific cause and difficulty of planning the treatment programs. The aim of this study was to compare of trunk muscle strength, core endurance, physical activity, balance and functional status in individuals with CNSLBP and healthy individuals. Material and Methods: This study included total of 160 individuals with CNSLBP (n=80) and healthy individuals (n=80) who were between 18-40 years of age. For the evaluation of back muscle strength back dynamometer and for core endurance Trunk Flexor Endurance, Sorensen, Side Bridge Tests, for physical activity level International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), for static balance single leg stance test (SLST), for dynamic balance "Y" Balance Test and for functional status the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) was used. Results: The back muscle strength (p=0,005), core endurance [Trunk Flexor Endurance Test (p=0,001), Sorensen Test (p=0,006) and Side Bridge Test (right p=0,033;left p=0,013)] and ODI (p=0,001) results of individuals with CNSBP were lower than healthy individuals (p<0,05). No statistically significant difference were found between the two groups for IPAQ-SF (p=0,562), SLST (right p=0,255;left p=0,042) and 'Y' Balance Test (right p=0,763;left p=0,891) (p>0,05). Conclusion: Individuals with CNSLBP were found to have lower back muscle strength, core endurance and functional status than healthy individuals. It is considered that treatment strategies to improve back muscle strength, core endurance and functional status should be included in rehabilitation programs of individuals with CNSLBP.

Keywords: Low back pain; muscle strength; physical endurance; postural balance
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www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot reach to user’s identity, address, service providers or other information. The users may send this information to the website through forms if they would like to. However, www.turkiyeklinikleri.com may collect your hardware and software information. The information consists of your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access time, and related websites. www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot sell the provided user information (your name, e-mail address, home and work address, phone number) to the third parties, publish it publicly, or keep it in the website. Gathered information has a directing feature to be a source for the website’s visitor profile, reporting and promotion of the services.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com uses the taken information:

-To enhance, improve and maintain the quality of the website

-To generate visitor’s profile and statistical data

-To determine the tendency of the visitors on using our website

-To send print publications/correspondences

-To send press releases or notifications through e-mail

-To generate a list for an event or competition

By using www.turkiyeklinikleri.com you are considered to agree that;

-Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. cannot be hold responsible for any user’s illegal and immoral behavior,

-Terms of use may change from time to time,

-It is not responsible for other websites’ contents it cannot control or the harms they may cause although it uses the connection they provided.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. may block the website to users in the following events:

-Information with wrong, incomplete, deceiving or immoral expressions is recorded to the website,

-Proclamation, advertisement, announcement, libelous expressions are used against natural person or legal identity,

-During various attacks to the website,

-Disruption of the website because of a virus.

Written, visual and audible materials of the website, including the code and the software are under protection by legal legislation.

Without the written consent of Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. the information on the website cannot be downloaded, changed, reproduced, copied, republished, posted or distributed.

All rights of the software and the design of the website belong to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc.

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