Comparison of Strengthening and Stretching Exercises on Acute Non-Specific Low Back Pain among Students of Lahore

Background: LBP is one of the common problems of the musculoskeletal system in which there is annoyingand irritating sensation in lumbar region of the spine. Pain may or may not radiate towards legs from thelower ribs and upper region of the hip which cause limitation in activities and may also cause disability.Objective: The purpose of the study is to analyze the effectiveness of strengthening and stretching exercisesin treatment of non-specific LBP. Methods: It was a Quasi-experimental study performed at the LahoreInstitute of Science and Technology, Lahore. 60 participants having acute LBP were involved in the study.By Convenience sampling technique, they were randomly divided into two groups named A&B. Generalinterventions such as TENS and heat pack were given to both groups, stretching and strengtheninginterventions were applied between two groups. Data was gathered by the use of VAS. Assessment of thedata was done through the use of SPSS version 22; level of significance was kept as <0.05. Results: It wasobserved that there were more remedial effects of strengthening exercises from the past 3 weeks in reductionof LBP. P-value on the independence sample t-test was 0.018 and p-value was 0.000 on the paired samplet-test in comparison of stretching exercises. 3.37 was the pre-VAS mean reduction, and 1.00 was the post-VASmean reduction. Conclusion: It was concluded that the stretching exercises were less efficient in reduction ofpain in non-specific LBP than strengthening exercises.