Effectiveness of Balance Exercises on Postural Control and Quality of Life in Patients with Lumbar Discopathy

Year 2021, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 146 - 150, 31.03.2021

Şahin Karpuz Umut Bahçacı , Seval Kutlutürk , Tuğba Kuru Çolak

https://doi.org/10.33808/clinexphealthsci.690621

Abstract

Objective: Lumbar discopathy is a common problem that effects musculoskeletal system.
Many treatment modalities are in use for patients with lumbar discopathy. Balance exercises
could be important for the lumbar discopathy due to the effected musculoskeletal system. This
study was planned to investigate the effect of balance exercises on postural control and
quality of life for lumbar discopathy.

Methods: A total of 81 patients were divided into two groups as interventional and control
group. Therapeutic ultrasound, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), hotpack
and therapeutic exercises applied to all patients 5 times in a week during thirty sessions.
Additionally, the interventional groups received balance exercises. Pain (Visual Analog
Scale), disability (Oswestry Disability Index), quality of life (Short Form-36) and postural
control (Libra®) have been evaluated by same physiotherapist before and after the treatment.

Results: Statistically significant differences were found between the groups comparing pain,
disability and postural control parameters (p<0.05). In the between group comparisons of the
mean changes of the ‘Quality of Life’ assessment parameters, no significant differences were
obtained between the interventional and control group (p>0.05), except ‘physical role’
parameter in favor of the control group (p=0.04).

Conclusion: This study demonstrated that physiotherapy modalities improve pain, disabiliy,
quality of life and postural control parameters in patients with lumbar discopathy but adding
classic balance exercises in physiotherapy treatment, do not have a remarkable effect in
patients with lumbar discopathy.

Keywords

Lumbar discopathy, postural control, balance exercise, quality of life, physiotherapy

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