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KMID : 0615720110280030073
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2011 Volume.28 No. 3 p.73 ~ p.84
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Effect of Walking Exercise with Functional Shoes on Chronic Low Back Pain
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Ku Ji-Young
Lee Seung-Hwon
Kwon Gi-Sun
Cho Sung-Woo
Yoon Hyun-Min
Jang Kyung-Jeon
Song Chun-Ho
Kim Cheol-Hong
Hong Sang-Hoon
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Abstract
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Objectives:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of 12 weeks-walking exercise with functional shoes on chronic low back pain.
Methods: The subjects of this study were 18 females from thirty to sixty years old who had suffered from low back pain over 12 weeks. They wore S shoes with curved out-sole and soft material in arch of foot We asked them to walk wearing shoes for 1 hour a day over 4 days a week for 12 weeks. Improvement of the symptoms was evaluated by pain rating scale, Oswestry low-back pain disability index. We measured lumbar lordotic angle, Ferguson’s angle, bone mineral density, body composition. The measurements were checked before and after exercise.
Results:This study showed significant improvement in pain rating scale, oswestry low-back pain disability index, and body composition. And lumbar lordotic angle, Ferguson’s angle and bone mineral density decreased.
Conclusions:These results showed that walking exercise with functional shoes could decrease the symptoms of chronic low back pain. But, it’s too difficult to conclude whether the efficacy was due to functional shoes or walking exercise because we didn’t set the control group wearing general shoes.
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KEYWORD
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walking exercise, functional shoes, chronic low back pain, pain rating scale, Oswestry low-back pain disability index
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