Open AccessBack school program for back pain: education or physical exercise?
Author(s) -
Thayná Maria José Clemente da Silva,
Niedja Natállia da Silva,
Sérgio Rocha,
Déborah Marques de Oliveira,
Kátia Monte-Silva,
Angélica da Silva Tenório,
Maria das Graças Rodrigues de Araújo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
conscientiae saúde
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1983-9324
pISSN - 1677-1028
DOI - 10.5585/conssaude.v13n4.5191
Subject(s) - physical therapy , visual analogue scale , medicine , back pain , quality of life (healthcare) , low back pain , test (biology) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , alternative medicine , nursing , paleontology , pathology , biology
Back school consists in an educational program aimed at preventing back pain and rehabilitating individuals with degenerative disorders. Objective: To evaluate the effects of back school components (education and/or exercise therapy) in relieving pain and improving quality of life in patients with chronic back pain. Method: Forty-one patients were randomized and allocated into four groups: (i) a back school group (educational lessons and physical exercise); (ii) an educational lessons group; (iii) a physical exercise group and (iv) a waiting list control group. Patients were evaluated before and after treatment with a visual analogue scale, a short form quality-of-life questionnaire, a Roland Morris disability questionnaire and a finger-floor distance test. Results: The back school group showed significant reduction in scores in the visual analogue scale and the Roland Morris disability questionnaire and an increase in the short-form quality of life questionnaire. Conclusion: The effectiveness of back school programs in chronic back pain patients seems to be due to the physical exercise component and not on account of the educational lessons.