title: [Role of exercise therapy in the prevention of lumbosacral backache in textile industry workers].
abstract: Direct and remote effects of therapeutic exercises on the low-back pain syndrome in cotton-industry workers have been estimated. The treatment was applied to fifty-five patients aged from 30 to 58 (mean age--45) with chronic pain-syndrome, who were submitted to a series of exercises and everyday gymnastics. In the course of treatment the following results were obtained: retreatment of low-back pains, increasing of spines mobility (activity), increasing of abdomen-muscle strength. One-year follow-up demonstrated sickness absenteeism decrease by 66%, as compared to a period of the same duration prior to treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006173:Gymnastics; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011187:Posture; D013783:Textile Industry
vernacular_title: Rola gimnastyki leczniczej w profilaktyce bolow okolicy ledźwiowo-krzyzowej u pracowników przemysłu bawełnianego.