This prospective experimental study was done in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical Universiry, Dhaka from 1st January 2008 to 31st July 2008 to observe the effects of ADL instructions on patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. A total of 60 patients with OA – knee were selected. Out of 60 patients 28(46.7%) were female and 32(53.3%) were male. The female to male ratio1.14:1. Age distribution varied from >40 years to <70 years with a mean age was 53.58 ± 6.86 years. Maximum patients 17(28.3%) belonged to age group of 56-60 years in both sexes and house wives were maximum in number 26 (43.3%).They were divided into two groups, 30 patients treated with therapeutic exercise plus NSAID and another 30 patients were with therapeutic exercise, NSAID and ADL. In both groups patients were treated for six weeks. In the present study, the group of patients who received NSAID, Exercise and ADL instructions improved more significantly than those who were not advised ADL instructions but received NSAID and exercise only (95% CI: 4.30 to 9.36, P = 0.001) .So, from the present study it may be concluded that activities of daily living instructions play a role to improve the symptoms of OA knee. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jom.v13i1.10044 JOM 2012; 13(1): 27-31

Pain in the back is the most common of all chronic pain disorders. Back pain and sciatica, or

Results: A total of 58 Patients of acute LBP were included in this study. The mean age of the patients was 38.5 ± 9.01 years. Main causes of pain were muscle strain (39.65%), nonspecific LBP (22.41%), prolapsed lumber intervertebral disc (17.24%), lumbar spondylosis (13.79%) and sciatica (6.91%). After treatment the result was compared and student's 't' test was done to see the level of significance. Method was found significant after treatment (p<0.05). Twenty four (80%) patients were improved in group A and 18 (64.28%) patients in group B. Patient compliances of group A were better than that in group B. Conclusion: Effect of TENS on patients with acute low back pain is beneficial.

A randomized clinical trial was done to find out the effects of back muscle strengthening exercises in patients with chronic non specific low back pain (CNLBP)