Estudio comparativo entre la técnica de relajación miofascial con la fisioterapia convencional, en el dolor lumbar.

Abstract

Introduction: Low back pain (LP) is a musculoskeletal disorder, whose symptom is pain centered in the lumbar spine. Objective: To compare the results of the application of the Myofascial Relaxation Technique and Conventional Physiotherapy, in workers with low back pain. Methodology: This study is correlational, the approach was quantitative, the explanatory scope and cross-sectional preexperimental design, the study population was 200 patients. And the measurement instruments were, Categorical Pain Scale, Roland Morris test, Schober test Results: In ECD in myofascial the initial assessment is 47% present a lot of pain, 33% little, and 20% quite a lot, at the end nothing represents a 70%, a little 17%, a lot 13%, and a lot 0%. Initially with ECD using conventional physiotherapy; I quite reach 40%, a lot 32%, and a little 28% and in the final assessment; 52% not at all, 25% quite a bit, 23% a little, and 0% a lot. In Roland-Morris pre application of Myofascial Relaxation; mild represents 38%, severe 35%, moderate 27% and at the end; mild 85%, severe 0%, and moderate 15%. Pre-application of Conventional Physiotherapy in the initial evaluation; severe 37%, moderate 35%, and mild 28% and at the end; mild 75%, moderate 25%, and severe 0%. With conventional Schober therapy, it increased from 13.4 to 14 centimeters; in the percentages from initial negative 98% to final positive 92%. With Myofascial Relaxation, it improved by 67%, while with Conventional Physiotherapy the recovery was 52%. In myofascial relaxation, the results obtained are significantly superior in the ninth session with 67%. While, in conventional physiotherapy, the improvement was obtained in the fifteenth session with 52% Conclusion: The Myofascial Relaxation Technique is more effective; it relieves low back pain in fewer sessions.