Alterations of static and dynamic balance in lumbar radiculopathy / Marwa Adel Mohammad Abdelghaffar ; Supervised Soheir Shehata Rezk Allah , Mary Kamal Nassif , Amr Hassan Elsayed Mohammed

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Basic Science

Background: Lumbar radiculopathy (sciatica) is a common condition that is a major cause of work absenteeism and a major financial burden to both industry and health service provision. It is characterized by low back pain (LBP) radiating into one or both lower limbs; this can be due to mechanical compression of the nerve by a disc herniation. LBP was reported to have balance impairments in static and dynamic postures. This drives the interest in exploration of balance deficits in discogenic problems. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the alterations of static and dynamic balance in patients with lumbar radiculopathy Subjects: Twenty four participants were involved in the study. They were divided into 2 equal groups, Group A; 12 patients withlumbar radiculopathy in one lower limbwith mean age (which ranged from 35 to 55 years), body mass, height, and BMI (which ranged from 18.5 up to < 30 Kg/m2) values of 47.25±5.61 years, 73.58±5.29 kg, 166.75±4.47 cm, and 26.44±2.27 Kg/m2 respectively, their diagnosis was confirmed clinically by SLR test and radiographically by lumbosacral MRI and group B; 12 healthy participantswith mean age (which ranged from 35 to 55 years), body mass, height, and BMI (which ranged from 18.5 up to < 30 Kg/m2) values of 41.41±6.8 years, 74.5±12.3 kg, 168.41±8.06 cm, and 26.13±3.65 Kg/m2 respectivelywith negative SLR

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