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The purpose of this study is to verify the difference of effect between group and period in order to find out effect on lumbar flexibility of treatment modality(stretching, heat - stretching) and period. The subject was chosen from the mild physically normal person who range from 20 to 40 years old without any neurological problem. Among these subjects, 20 persons(10 male, 10 female) were selected to two different groups. These were classified as stretching and heat- stretching groups. In stretching group, 8 different kind of stretching exercises were performed. In heat-stretching group, hot pack and stretching were performed together with 8 different stretching exercises. For the measurement of flexibility, trunk flexion test, trunk extension test and Schober-test were used. Pre-test was performed before treatment test, post-test was performed after 6 week of treatment test. As a result of this test, the following fact was shown 1) In trunk flexion and trunk extension test, effect between groups did not occur but effect of treatment period showed significance statistically. In addition, interactive effect between treatment period and each group showed the biggest difference in heat and stretching group. 2) In Schober-test, effect of treatment period showed significance statistically, effect between group and interactive effect did not occur.
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