Effect of Physical therapy and Visceral Osteopathic Manipulation in Lower Back Pain: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Background: Lower back pain the most prevalent conditions that leads to a visit to a pain specialist. Individuals
with lower back pain or traumatic back / spine injury compliant triage compliance will first discuss patient
presentations and patient attributes.
Methods/Deign:An comparative study was conducted in Cuttack from September 2020 to January 2022.The
total sample size was 30 and we used convenient sampling in which 10 in each group were recruited. Then the
patient was screened according to inclusion and exclusion criteria with which informed consent was given if
the patient agrees to give the consent. Then the patient was selected by convenient sampling based on eligibility
criteria. Procedure of study was explained to all the patients and written consent was taken from them. Patients
with low back pain were allocated for the study. Amongst this, group1 was given conventional physical therapy,
Group 2 was given osteopathy techniques and group 3 was given combined both physical therapy and osteopathy
techniques for 6 days a week for 6 weeks.
Results: Significant difference(p<0.001) were seen in group 3 in both outcome measures from 2nd week.
Conclusion: The combination of both conventional physical therapy and osteopathy manipulative techniques will
help in better way in patients with lower back pain.