The Effects of Resistance Circle-Ring Exercises with Vibration on the Muscle Thickness with Low Back pain

Abstract

Author Affiliations 1Department of Physical Therapy Chunnam Techno University, Republic of Korea 2Department of Physical Therapy Sunhan Hospital, Republic of Korea 3Department of Physical Therapy Nambu University, Republic of Korea Received: August 30, 2020 | Published: September 09, 2020 Corresponding author: Dong-Kyu Lee, Department of Physical Therapy Sunhan Hospital, Republic of Korea DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2020.30.004923 The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of circle-ring resistance exercise according to vibration frequency on the trunk muscle thickness of previous low back pain patients. 39 patients who previously had low back pain were selected and were randomly assigned one of the three groups: 8Hz vibration circle-ring resistance exercise group, 30Hz vibration circle-ring resistance group, and stabilization exercise group to have 13 subjects in each. The circle-ring resistance exercise according to vibration frequency was conducted in a vibration exercise apparatus 3 times a week for 30 minutes for a total of 8 weeks. The study used an ultrasonic instrument to measure trunk muscle thickness before as well as 4 and 8 weeks after the experiment. The results indicated that the external oblique and the internal oblique had significant differences in time-to-time and time-group interaction (p0.05). Transversus abdominis showed significant differences in time-to-time and time-and-group interaction as well as inter-group interaction (p Keywords: Vibration; Circle-Ring Exercises; Trunk Muscle Thickness