An assessment of analgestic effects of vibroacoustic therapy in treating pains of umbosacral spine in office workers

Marlena Drężewska, Aleksander Sieroń, Zbigniew Śliwiński

M. Drężewska, A. Sieroń, Z. Śliwiński – Ocena efektów analgetycznych terapii wibroakustycznych w leczeniu dolegliwości bólowych części lędźwiowo-krzyżowej kręgosłupa u pracowników biurowych. FP 2013; 13(3); 8-13

Abstract

Introduction. The objective of the research was to assess analgesic effects of vibroacoustic therapy in treating pain in the lumbosacral spine among office workers.
Materials and methods. The participants of the research were 52 female office workers from Ostroleka, aged 34-58, with chronic pain of lumbosacral spine caused by overstrain and/or spondylosis. The patients underwent 10-days vibroacoustic therapy which was conducted by means of VITAFON-T device. To assess the effects of the therapy there was used VAS analogue pain scale and a modified pain rates according to Laitinen questionnaire.
Results. There was noted a substantial statistic difference in the average value of pain assessment before and after therapy (p<0.05). The mean value of pain before therapy according to VAS scale amounted to 5.81, and after therapy it constituted 3,38. The total score obtained from the Laitinen questionnaire amounted to 316, and after therapy – 194.
Conclusions. The obtained results indicate that the vibroacoustic therapy is effective in achieving analgesic effects in the treatment of pain in the lumbosacral spine among office workers.

Key words:
vibroacoustic therapy, VAS scale, Laitinen quesfionnaire