Effect of Trunk-Focused Exercises on Pain, Disability, Quality of Life, and Trunk Physical Fitness in Low Back Pain and How Potential Effect Modifiers Modulate Their Effects: A Systematic Review With Meta-analyses

Amaya Prat-Luri, MSc, Javier de los Rios-Calonge, MSc, Pedro Moreno-Navarro, MSc, Agustín Manresa-Rocamora, PhD, Francisco J. Vera-Garcia, PhD,David Barbado, PhD

Objective: To analyze the effect of trunkfocused exercise programs (TEPs) and moderator factors on chronic nonspecific low back pain (LBP).

Conclusions: Trunk-focused exercise programs had positive effects on pain, disability, quality of life, and trunk performance compared to control groups, and on pain and disability compared to general exercises. Increasing trunk and/or hip range of motion was associated with greater pain and disability reduction, and lower body mass with higher pain reduction. 

https://www.jospt.org/doi/full/10.2519/jospt.2023.11091 

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Archive: Low back, exercise, 

Pediatric Physical Therapy. 35(1):1, January 2023.