Extended Abstract
Author(s): Ahmed Assem Abd El Rahim*
Background: Mechanical low back pain is one of the most common medical problems and causes a significant amount of disability and incapacity in different countries.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of shock wave therapy with mechanical traction on mechanical low back pain.
Subjects: Sixty mechanical low back pain patients aged from 20-35years of both sexes, randomly divided into three groups, selected from Sohag University Neurosurgery Hospital.
Methods: group A (Study Group): twenty patients received shock wave therapy in addition to traditional physical therapy. Group B (Study Group): twenty patients received shock wave therapy and mechanical traction in addition to traditional physical therapy.Group C (Control Group): twenty patients received Traditional.. View More»