Does aquatic based exercise inprove quality of life in obese low-back pain population?

Abadi, Fariba Hossein

Abstract

Low-back pain is one of the most common reasons for work stress, poor health, and reducing quality of life. While obesity is a growing public health concern, it was proved that obesity is a risk factor for low-back pain. Whereas obese low-back pain people cannot avoid weight load on the spine in any exercise but they can easily carry out exercise in water. The aim of this study was to know the effect of aquatic exercise on quality of life among obese low-back pain people and specifically if there is significant improvement in exercise group. A total of 39 women with BMI>27 kg.m-2 who had non-specific chronic low-back pain were purposively selected for this study. They randomly assigned in two groups; exercising (N=19, 37.85±5.83 years with 32.97±4.84kg.m-2) and control group (N=20, 40.8±5.25 years with 31.87±4.79 kg.m-2). The exercising group carried out aquatic exercise, twice per week, 60 minutes per session, for 12 weeks. Quality of life was measured using SF-36v2 questionnaire with the eight domains. The findings showed a significant (p≥0.001) improvement in quality of life in exercising group after 12 weeks. Interestingly, in the control group, a negative changes in mean difference (-3.02) was observed in mental health domain, while it was (15.32) for exercising group. There was no significant change in BMI in both groups, also. As a conclusion a 12-week aquatic exercise is an appropriate intervention program to improve overall quality of life among obese women who suffering from non-significant chronic low- back pain.

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