Imbalances and Weakness of Hips and Thighs Muscles as One of the Sources of Low Back Pain

Mostafa M EL Soltan, Isra Enajeh Dow

Low back pain (LBP) is a common public health problem worldwide. Musculoskeletal impairment was the most prevalent impairment in low back pain patients. Back and spine muscle impairments are the most frequently reported subcategory of musculoskeletal impairment. There is uncertainty about the source of low back pain because the number of studies of the effects of hips and thighs muscles on back pain has been few. A strong correlation between the weakness of the abdominal muscles, tightness of some hip and thigh muscles, lower physical activity and decreased endurance of hips, thighs and back muscles with low back pain. Imbalances of hips and thighs muscle strength that occurs in many years have been thought to be one of the most reasons for developing low back pain. The present study is the nature of multi-factorial cross-sectional none-experimental study. The aim of this study was to identify whither muscles weakness and imbalances of hips and thighs have a negative effect and developing low back pain. Twenty fife LBP patients has subscripted in this study from mixed gender their ages ranged from 20 to 70 years. Results suggest that hips and thighs muscle groups is extremely weak and do not match the test value of 5 ( P = 0.00. ), therefore hi level imbalances between hips muscles and thighs muscle were confirmed in this study, right hip extension versus left  hip extension ( P = 0.001 ), right hip flexion versus left hip flexion ( P = 0.05 ), right hip flexion versus  right hip extension ( P = 0.000 ), Right Knee extension versus  Right Knee flexion ( P = 0.009 ), left hip flexion versus  left hip extension ( P = ( 0.007 ),  left Knee extension versus left Knee flexion ( P = 0. 043 ).

https://doi.org/10.31871/IJNTR.5.10.39