Many studies – have shown that core stability exercise is an important component of rehabilitation for LBP. Core stability training has become a popular fitness trend that has begun to be applied in rehabilitation programs and in sports medicine.

Įxercise therapy seems to be an effective treatment to relieve the pain and to improve the functional status of patients with chronic LBP in most clinical practice guidelines. In the United States, the total indirect and direct costs due to LBP are estimated to be greater than $100 billion annually. The impact of chronic LBP can be severe and profound because chronic LBP often results in lost wages and additional medical expenses and can even increase the risk of incurring other medical conditions. In developing countries, the 1-year prevalence of LBP among farmers was 72% in southwest Nigeria, 56% in Thailand, and 64% in China. LBP affects approximately 80% of people at some stage in their lives. Low back pain (LBP) is one of the two most common types of disability affecting individuals in Western countries (the other is mental illness), and the assessment of LBP-related disabilities represents a significant challenge. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Ĭompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. YJSCX201120), and the Science and Technology Development Fund of Shanghai Pudong (Grant No.PKJ2011-Y05. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.įunding: This work was supported by the Shanghai Key Lab of Human Performance (SUS) (11DZ2261100) the National Science Foundation for Young Scholars of China (Grant No.81101391) the Science and Technology Foundation Program of Shanghai University of Sport (Grant No. Received: Accepted: NovemPublished: December 17, 2012Ĭopyright: © 2012 Wang et al. The James Cook University Hospital, United Kingdom (2012) A Meta-Analysis of Core Stability Exercise versus General Exercise for Chronic Low Back Pain.

Citation: Wang X-Q, Zheng J-J, Yu Z-W, Bi X, Lou S-J, Liu J, et al.

Arch back exercise