CORRELATION BETWEEN CORE MUSCLE ENDURANCE AND PAIN INTENSITY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC NON-SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN

Abstract

Background: One of the primary reasons for disability is chronic non-specific low back pain. Although the direct connection between physical endurance and subjective pain perception is still unclear, core muscle stability is frequently mentioned as a crucial component in treating this illness.

Objective: to ascertain the relationship between patients with chronic NSLBP's core muscle endurance (as determined by the Prone Plank Test) and their level of pain (as determined by the Visual Analogue Scale, or VAS).

Methodology:45 people participated in a cross-sectional analytical study (mean age: 31.77 years). The timed Prone Plank Test was used to measure core endurance, and the VAS (0–10) was used to measure pain intensity. Microsoft Excel's Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used to evaluate the data.

Results: The mean plank duration was 25.8 ± 27.56 seconds, and the mean VAS score was (8.31 ± 0.78), indicating high pain levels. The participants' average BMI was 23.36 ± 4.79 kg/m². Core endurance and pain intensity showed a weakly positive connection (r = 0.19) according to statistical analysis.

Conclusion: The study found a weak link,suggesting that in patients with chronic non specific low back pain,core endurance alone is not a reliable measure of pain intensity. The participants' physical performance may have been severely hampered by their high pain levels (8.31). These results imply that a biopsychosocial strategy, as opposed to only mechanical core strengthening, should be the main emphasis of treatment.