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Title : Response of diaphragmatic excursion to resisted inspiratory exercises using pneumatic compression in elders with low back pain
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Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the response of diaphragmatic excursion to resisted inspiratory exercises using pneumatic compression in elders with low back pain. Subjects and methods: Forty patients (twenty males and twenty females) with chronic low back pain. Their ages ranged from 60 to 70 years, their height ranged from 1.71 to 1.75m and their weight ranged from 71 to 79kg with body mass index were ranged from 23.4 to 26.4 kg/m2. The patients were selected randomly from Outpatient clinic of Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation of Kasr Elaini Hospitals and randomly divided into two equal groups: group A (Resisted inspiratory exercises group): Composed of twenty patients (nine males and eleven females) with low back pain who received resisted inspiratory exercises using pneumatic compression and traditional physical therapy in form of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and Ultrasound on lower back and group B (Traditional physical therapy group): Composed of twenty patients (eleven males and nine females) with low back pain who received traditional physical therapy in form of TENS and Ultrasound on lower back only