요통환자와 정상인 집단 간 요부 신근력과 신체조성에 대한 비교 분석

Abstract

This study was compared and analyzed 74 low back pain patients (male: 36, females: 38) in their 20s and 65 healthy people (male: 26, female: 39) on lumber extension strength and body composition factors. Independent sample test was used in order to analyze the data. Summary of this study's conclusions are as follows. Male lower back pain patients had 77.54% and female patients had 57.99% lower maximum lumbar extension strength when compared to average people, As for lumbar extension strength depending on lumbar curve angle, male patients had average 72% lower strength in all angles and females patients had average 51% lower strengths in all angles when compared to healthy people, displaying a significant difference. Overall low back pain patients showed lower lumbar extension strength due to lack of physical activities caused by pain and in body composition factors it showed that they had smaller amount of soft lean mass and larger amount of body fat mass, percentage of fat, a bigger waist-hip ratio and BMI than the normal group.