<![CDATA[Chronic low back pain is a common and significant health problem, with 70-85% of people suffering from low back pain at some point in their lives, and more than 50% of adults suffering from this condition every year. Low back pain recurrences are expected, with the percentage of subsequent low back pain ranging from 20% to 44% within one year for the working population up to 85% lifetime recurrence. Study Objective is To determine the effect of giving traditional Thai massage on the reduction of Chronic Low Back Pain. This type of study is a quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest control group design. The number of samples in this study was 16 samples. The treatment group sample was given traditional Thai massage, and the control group was given no treatment, carried out for four weeks with a frequency of exercise twice in 10 days. Statistical analysis used the Wilcoxon signed test and the Mann Whitney test. There was a significant effect on reducing pain and disability with a p-value <0.05, but there was no significant effect on the control group. Meanwhile, for the different effects, there were differences in the effect between the treatment group and the control group on pain reduction, but there was no significant difference in the effect on disability between the treatment group and the control group. As a conclusion, there is a difference in traditional Thai massage on reducing chronic low back pain myogenic pain.]]>
Copyrights © 2020
