The Effect of McKenzie Therapy as Compared With That of Intensive Strengthening Training for the Treatment of Patients With Subacute or Chronic Low Back Pain

Abstract

The McKenzie method and intensive dynamic strengthening training seem to be equally effective in the treatment of patients with subacute or chronic low back pain.

Stabilization Versus McKenzie Exercises in Patients With Mechanical Neck Dysfunction

“…Just with the utilization of such loading strategies as McKenzie method, normal tissue function was re-set up [28]. The McKenzie method is a gentle approach directly performed by patients producing power utilizing repeated movement to end of range of motion in a direction that assuages the patient's side effects [29]. Patients also showed reduction of disability due to marked modifications in the cognitive and sensory perception of pain.…”

“…Patients also showed reduction of disability due to marked modifications in the cognitive and sensory perception of pain. McKenzie directional preference exercises may have improved selfconfidence, anxiety and fear of movements [29]. There are no similar studies investigating the efficacy of McKenzie exercises on MND while there are other studies sharing the same principal but pertaining to a related area (lumber spine).…”

Therapeutic Exercises in the Management of Non-Specific Low Back Pain

“…Most of the studies however involved approximately sixty individuals. Only one study, Petersen et al (2002) involved 148 subjects. Six of the studies were randomised clinical trials, quite a number assigned subjects into the groups randomly and four did not specify what they did.…”

“…Only Risch et al (1993) involved an age range of twenty two to seventy years but a couple of other studies simply referred to their populations as adult populations. Most of the studies reviewed involved individuals with chronic LBP but , Chok et al, (1999), Petersen et al (2002) and Akosile et al (2006) involved individuals with , sub-acute, or both sub-acute and chronic LBP. Hides et al (2001) studied only individuals with acute LBP.…”

Effect of McKenzie Extension Bias Exercises With That of Strengthening Exercises in Low Back Pain in Power Lifters.

“…Two recent consensus reports on the treatment of patients with chronic low back pain recommended back training programs as effective treatment for reduction of disability and improvement of physical function. (3) Many back exercises can help strengthen the spinal column and the supporting muscles, ligaments and tendons. Most of these back exercises focus not only on the back, but also the abdominal (stomach) muscles and gluteus (buttocks) and hip muscles.…”