Physiotherapy in the preoperative treatment of lumbar discopathy

Elżbieta Rutkowska, Radosław Rola, Witold Janusz, Piotr Kamieniak

Elżbieta Rutkowska, Radosław Rola, Witold Janusz, Piotr Kamieniak – Physiotherapy in the preoperative treatment of lumbar discopathy. Fizjoterapia Polska 2001; 1(4); 393-395

Abstract
Background. This article analyzes the therapeutic methods used in the conservative treatment of lumbar discopathy among patients treated surgically for this disorder at the Neurosurgical Clinic of the Lublin Medical University from 1998 to 2000. Material and methods. Our research involved 349 randomly chosen patients referred for surgical treatment of lumbar discopathy. The patients were interviewed in detail and their medical records analyzed on the basis of an authorial questionnaire. The results were subjected to statistical analysis using the contingency analysis tables is the STATISTICA software program (StatSoft, USA). Results. Our research indicated that long-term conservative treatment was limited primarily to pharmacotherapy. Methods of physical treatment, i.e. kinesitherapy and physicotherapy, as well as stationary rehabilitation in health resorts were not put to adequate use by the majority of patients.

Key words:
conservative treatment of low back pain, pharmacotherapy, physicotherapy, kinesitherapy

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