A Pilot Study: Effects of Aquatic and Land Spinal Stabilisation Training on the Management of Back Pain

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of aquatic spinal stabilisation training and land spinal stabilisation training on the management of back pain. This study use quasi-experimental crossover design which all subjects underwent both intervention treatments with one week of washout period. The patients managed to complete 12 sessions of both water- and land-based exercises in 6 weeks of intervention period. The pain level, functional status, deep abdominal muscle function, trunk flexibility, balance, and centre of vertical force of 4 chronic low back pain patients were assessed to achieve the stated objective. There was a significant difference in the pain level between post-land and post-aquatic spinal stabilisation training ( z  = 2, p Â