Comparison of three methods of massage therapy, stability exercise and combination exercise on pain and disability in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain Print

Aim and The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of massage therapy, stability exercise and combination exercise on improvement of chronic low back pain Methods and Materials: In this study, 30 patients with chronic low back pain with an average age of 33.44±9.02 years participated. Patients were randomly divided into three groups: massage, stability and combination. The protocol consisted of training for 8 weeks, three days a week and each session was about an hour.Patients for 12 sessions (4 weeks, or every other day), protocols massage, stability exercises and combination with supervision therapists received. The results of this study showed that the studied methods significantly (P<0.05) decreased the pain and improved function compared to the pre-test. Also significant difference was observed between groups (P<0.05). the results showed that stabilization training combined with massage therapy is more effective than using each alone.