Heba Essam Adel <br/><br/>
Effect of reducingabdominal obesity on post natal lowback pain /  
 تأثير تقليل سمنة البطن علي علاجآ لام الظهر بعد الولادة 
by Heba Essam Adel Supervised Prof. Dr. Khadyga Sayed Abd ElAziz, Prof.Dr.Amel Mohamed Yousef, Prof.Dr.Amr Hazem Abbassy. 
 - 108 p. :   charts, facsimiles ;   25 cm.  CD 
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Woman's Health  
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 88-112. 
<br/><br/> Background: Low back pain (LBP) is a common musculoskeletal<br/>problem post nataly which is generally severe enough to interfere with<br/>daily life, causing limitations in performance and productivity at work,<br/>increased sick leave, high rates of functional disability, and increased<br/>seeking of treatment for symptom relief.<br/>Objective: The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of<br/>reducing abdominal obesity on LBP in post-natal women.<br/>Patients and Methods: Forty obese post-natal women complained from<br/>LBP, their age ranged from (25-35) years and body mass index (BMI)<br/>didn’t exceed 40 kg/m² were participated in this study. They were<br/>randomly distributed into two equal groups; group (A) received focused<br/>ultrasound cavitation (FUSC) and low caloric diet in addition to<br/>performing abdominal strengthening and posterior pelvic tilt exercises<br/>and group (B) performed the same exercises as group (A) for one month.<br/>Assessment of both groups (A&B) was done before and after 4weeks of<br/>treatment by using visual analogue scale (VAS) to assess pain intensity,<br/>algometer to assess the pain threshold at the most tender points at back,<br/>Oswestry disability questionnaire for functional disability and obesity by<br/>weight and waist circumference.<br/>Results: showed that there was a significant decrease in mean values of<br/>weight, waist circumference, pain threshold for most tender points in<br/>lumbar region, pain intensity and functional disability post treatment in<br/>group (A & B) except weight and waist circumference showed nonsignificant difference in group (B), but the results of group (A) were<br/>superior to that of group (B) when comparing between groups post<br/>treatment.<br/>Conclusion: It can be concluded that combination of FUSC, diet and<br/>exercise is considered as a safe and effective adjuvant to weight loss and<br/>reducing of back pain for abdominal obese post-natal women 
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<br/><br/><br/>Text in English and abstract in Arabic & English. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reducing 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>cavitation  low back pain  post-natal 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610