Brunkow exercises and low back pain
Brunkow exercises starting with dynamic contraction of hands and feet with fixed point on the wrist or/and heal. Dynamic contraction from the beginning, transferring through kinetic chain, leads to isometric contraction of the group of muscles, which has to be included in the exercise. Starting pos...
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Association of Basic Medical Sciences of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2004-11-01
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| author | Emela Mujić Skikić Suad Trebinjac Slavica Sakota Dijana Avdić Aida Delić |
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Brunkow exercises starting with dynamic contraction of hands and feet with fixed point on the wrist or/and heal. Dynamic contraction from the beginning, transferring through kinetic chain, leads to isometric contraction of the group of muscles, which has to be included in the exercise. Starting positions determine the group of muscles to be trained. The purpose of this study is to investigate influence of Brunkow exercises on spinal motion improvement and pain relief and to evaluate use of Brunkow exercises, as a routine method for lower back pain in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Centres. Thirty-four patients with symptoms of low back pain were included in study. Patients received a mean of 14.9 treatments with standard deviation of 8.96. All patients were assessed before and after the treatment for spinal mobility and flexibility as well as pain intensity. All parameters for spinal movements showed statistically significant improvement in patients with low back pain who practiced Brunkow exercise program at the end of treatment in relations to pre-treatment values, with significant difference of p<0.01 for all motions. Pain was reduced on VAS for X=1.,7 with S.D. 1.97. Difference Test was t=6.020 with significant difference p<0.01. Flexibility of spine increased, so average difference in values before and after treatment for Shober test was 0.5 cm with SD 0.65. Difference test was t=3.794 with significant difference p<0.01. Brunkow exercises for low back pain are beneficial treatment for increasing flexibility and mobility of spine and improving the pain.
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| spelling | doaj.art-226a6c18f2e64dd0869cc1b345cc0bc22024-03-15T14:43:59ZengAssociation of Basic Medical Sciences of Federation of Bosnia and HerzegovinaBiomolecules & Biomedicine2831-08962831-090X2004-11-014410.17305/bjbms.2004.3359808Brunkow exercises and low back painEmela Mujić Skikić0Suad Trebinjac1Slavica Sakota2Dijana Avdić3Aida Delić4Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Dept.- Rashid HospitalPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Dept.- Rashid HospitalCenter for Paraplegia - KCUS SarajevoOrthopedic and Trauma Clinic “KCU Sarajevo”Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Dept. - Dubai Hospital Brunkow exercises starting with dynamic contraction of hands and feet with fixed point on the wrist or/and heal. Dynamic contraction from the beginning, transferring through kinetic chain, leads to isometric contraction of the group of muscles, which has to be included in the exercise. Starting positions determine the group of muscles to be trained. The purpose of this study is to investigate influence of Brunkow exercises on spinal motion improvement and pain relief and to evaluate use of Brunkow exercises, as a routine method for lower back pain in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Centres. Thirty-four patients with symptoms of low back pain were included in study. Patients received a mean of 14.9 treatments with standard deviation of 8.96. All patients were assessed before and after the treatment for spinal mobility and flexibility as well as pain intensity. All parameters for spinal movements showed statistically significant improvement in patients with low back pain who practiced Brunkow exercise program at the end of treatment in relations to pre-treatment values, with significant difference of p<0.01 for all motions. Pain was reduced on VAS for X=1.,7 with S.D. 1.97. Difference Test was t=6.020 with significant difference p<0.01. Flexibility of spine increased, so average difference in values before and after treatment for Shober test was 0.5 cm with SD 0.65. Difference test was t=3.794 with significant difference p<0.01. Brunkow exercises for low back pain are beneficial treatment for increasing flexibility and mobility of spine and improving the pain. https://www.bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/3359Brunkow exerciseslow back painspinal mobility |
| spellingShingle | Emela Mujić Skikić Suad Trebinjac Slavica Sakota Dijana Avdić Aida Delić Brunkow exercises and low back pain Biomolecules & Biomedicine Brunkow exercises low back pain spinal mobility |
| title | Brunkow exercises and low back pain |
| title_full | Brunkow exercises and low back pain |
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| title_short | Brunkow exercises and low back pain |
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