The use of Swiss ball and myofascial stretching in physiotherapy in elderly patients with LBP.

Kamelska Anna Malwina. The use of Swiss ball and myofascial stretching in physiotherapy in elderly patients with LBP. Journal of Health Sciences. 2014;4(10):283-292. ISSN 1429-9623 / 2300-665X. Retrieved from http://journal.rsw. edu.pl/index.php/JHS/article/view/2014%3B4%2810%29%3A283-292 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland parametric evaluation. Part B item 1107. (17.12.2013). © The Author (s) 2014; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Radom University in Radom, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. Conflict of interest: None declared. Received: 10.09. 2014. Revised 15.09. 2014. Accepted: 14.10. 2014. The use of Swiss ball and myofascial stretching in physiotherapy in elderly patients with LBP Kamelska Anna Malwina 1. Jozef Rusiecki Institute of Higher Education in Olsztyn, Faculty of Physiotherapy, 33 Bydgoska Street, 10-243, Olsztyn. 2. Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Department of Sports Medicine, 34 Marymoncka Street, 00-968, Warsaw 45 (P.O. box 55). Corresponding author: mgr Anna Malwina Kamelska; Jozef Rusiecki Institute of Higher Education in Olsztyn, Faculty of Physiotherapy, 33 Bydgoska Street, 10-243, Olsztyn e-mail: malwak1@gmail.com ; phone: +48 508-163-209 Abstract Introduction: The spine pain syndrome called Lower Back Pain (LBP) doesn't constitute the diagnosis, but is a description of the patients’ symptoms. There are many physiotherapy methods e.g. McKenzie, Kaltenborn-Evjenth, PNF, Cyriax. Also a positional release technique (PRT) as well as an equipment e.g. Swiss balls are also introduced. Aim: the use of Swiss ball and the myofascial stretching in the LBP physiotherapy in elderly people. Materials and methods: A group of four women in the age from 58 to 67 years (average ±SD = 61 ± 4 years old) took part in the study. Three of them demonstrated the obesity (BMI> 25). Every women presented the different pathological profile, however all showed lower back pain problems. A Tanita BC 418 analyzer was used to measure the percentage of fat and LBM. Physiotherapy (myofascial stretching on Swiss ball) was conducted once during week for the period of three months. A Rolland-Morris questionnaire was used for the evaluation of the effectiveness of therapy. Results and conclusions: The percentage of fat was in the range from 34 to 40%. WHR was 0.77-0.88. Applying the myofascial stretching on the Swiss ball improved functioning as well as reduced pain complaints of an elderly women which could be starting point to use these technique in physiotherapy. A significant improvement in the Rolland-Morris test scores was observed. Key words: Swiss Ball, low back pain, LBP, elderly people, myofascial stretching