A comparative study on the compliance of low back pain patients to a William Flexion Exercise Program using written and video compact disc instructions

Date of Completion

2005

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy

Keywords

Exercise, Low Back Pain

Abstract

The general objective of this comparative study was to compare the compliance of Low Back Pain patients on Williams Flexion exercise home program using written and VCD instructions. An exercise diary was used to measure compliance, consisting of 2 parts: sociodemographic data and checklist of exercises. The study lasted for 2 consecutive weeks, during which the subjects brought the exercise diary every treatment session for monitoring. The researchers used 30 subjects who were aged 30 to 50 years old, least a high school graduate, diagnosed to have low back pain secondary to lumbar strain and were undergoing physical therapy treatment not more than 2 months in satellite rehabilitation center of La Salle. The study used three test: Chi square test for homogeneity, to determine if there was a significant difference among the subgroups, Anova, to determine if there was a significant difference among the sociodemographic variables of 2 modes of instructions, and t-test, to determine if there was a significant difference in compliance between the two modes of instructions. There was no significant difference in compliance of participants when grouped by the sociodemographic data for both the written and VCD instruction group according to anova result. Chi square test of homogeneity showed that sociodemographic data of participants was similar for both intrinsic groups. The result of the t-test showed a statistically significant difference between the written and VCD mode of instruction. The researchers have concluded that the use of Video based instruction is more effective than written instruction.

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS