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Aerobic Fitness in Women with Chronic Discogenic Nonradicular Low Back Pain

2006; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 85; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/01.phm.0000223357.46190.cb

1537-7385

Anne Z. Hoch, Jeff Young, Joel M. Press,

Sports injuries and prevention

Hoch AZ, Young J, Press J: Aerobic fitness in women with chronic discogenic nonradicular low back pain. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2006;85:607–613. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if aerobic fitness varies between women with and without chronic discogenic nonradicular low back pain. Design: Prospective cross-sectional descriptive study. Results: Analysis of variance revealed that maximal oxygen consumption was lower (P = 0.05) in women with low back pain compared with the control group. In addition, there was a significant reduction (P = 0.05) in reported exercise training duration and frequency but no change in exercise intensity (P = 0.1) in the study group after the onset of low back pain. The low back pain group had minimal disability (19%) based on the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire. Conclusions: Women with chronic discogenic nonradicular low back pain have lower maximal oxygen consumption than age-matched controls. However, this study group continued to exercise safely at the same exercise training intensity as before their low back pain and had minimal disability and above-average aerobic fitness.