THE EFFECT OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC STRETCHING TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE SPINE RANGE OF MOVEMENT (ROM) ON LOW BACK PAIN (LBP) PATIENTS

Exercise-based therapy has been proven to be an important component in low back pain (LBP) treatments. The treatment of LBP through exercise (active treatment) is more recommended than the standard care (inactive treatments) because it implicitly diminishes the deconditioning syndrome. However, effect of stretching exercise including static and dynamic for LBP patients have not fully elucidated. The objective of this study is to determine the effect of static and dynamic stretching to spine range of movement (ROM) for LBP patients. Twelve LBP patients are divided into two groups namely a group with static stretching and a group with dynamic one. The treatments were performed for 4 weeks, 3 days/weeks. The static and dynamic stretching were performed three times in every session with rest interval of 1 minute in between them. Goniometer was used to measure the spine ROM on the second and fourth weeks. Results show that 4-week static and dynamic stretching increases spine flexion, extension and spine lateral movements. Furthermore, dynamic stretching treatment gave more optimum effects than static stretching to increase spine ROM. The findings suggest that 2 and 4 weeks stretching treatment can increase spine ROM on LBP, in which the dynamic stretching is more effective than the static one.