EFFECTIVENESS OF BACK SCHOOL EXERCISE VERSUS YOGASANA AMONG SCHOOL TEACHERS WITH CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Background:The back school method was developed in 1969 in Sweden by MarianeZachrissonForsell, with the goal of treating the patient?s current periods and avoiding recurrent periods of LBP. The purpose of the present study was that there are many studies occurs in back pain and also back school exercise, but back school versus yogasana is not compare till now. So there is a need to compare back school exercise versus yogasana for a patient with chronic low back pain. Aims: To find out the effectiveness of active mean of Intervention for the low back pain in school teachers of rural area to improve pain intensity, quality of life and range of motion. Methodology:45 school teachers were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. All the subjects were divided into the three groups of 15 each out of which group A was given back school exercise, group B was given yogasana and group C was control group for One day/ week for 4 weeks. Outcome measures were taken NPRS, RMDQ and ROM. The data were analyzed by paired t test and one way anova test. ResultsandDiscussion: The Test Result Shown Improvement in The Group A And Group B Compared To The Control Group. But there was more significant improvement shown in group A than the yogasana. On The Based Of That Shows Decrease The Intensity Of Pain And Disability In Group A Than The Other Groups. Conclusions: The study concluded that Back school exercises and yogasana both the treatment are effective in reducing low back pain intensity in the school teachers compared to the control group. But back school exercises showed slightly more improvement in the health status of the subjects than the yogasana group in the fourweeks of the study