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Smoking and low back pain : Effect of physical therapy intervention /

Reham Raafat Henary Azer

Smoking and low back pain : Effect of physical therapy intervention / التدخين و ألم أسفل الظهر : تأثير تدخل العلاج الطبيعى Reham Raafat Henary Azer ; Supervised Moshera Hassan Darwish , Hazem Elkashef - Cairo : Reham Raafat Henary Azer , 2013 - 125 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Neuromuscular and Neurosurgery

Objectives: To analyze and investigate the effects of smoking on lumbar discs as a cause of back pain, and to evaluate the effect of physical therapy intervention in treatment of mechanical low back pain in smoker patients. Fifteen adult smokers male patients suffered from chronic non-specific low back pain (group B) matched with fifteen adult non-smokers male patients suffered from chronic non-specific low back pain-group A



Low back pain Low intensity pulsed ultrasound Mckenzie exercise