Intensive, progressive exercise improves quality of life following lumbar microdiskectomy: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract

An intensive, progressive exercise program combined with education increases quality of life in patients who have recently undergone lumbar microdiskectomy.

The effect of pedometer‐supported walking and telemonitoring after disc hernia surgery on pain and disability levels and quality of life

“…In the literature, exercise has been reported to have benefits in the improvement of the physical and psychological aspects of health‐related quality of life besides providing better management of pain and disability (Garber et al, 2011; McAuley et al, 2012). Consistent with previous study results (Beneck et al, 2014; Mobbs et al, 2016; Selkowitz et al, 2006), the current study findings have shown that there was a significant improvement in the physical (physical role and pain) and mental (energy and vitality, mental health and social functionality) health components of the quality of life of the patients in the intervention group compared with the control group, where physical activity had a direct relationship with those components of quality of life. These findings may be the result of pain and disability decreasing with increasing physical activity.…”

The use of periodized exercise prescription in rehabilitation: a systematic scoping review of literature

“…15,16,24 Blinding of clinicians and outcome assessors in certain studies was of a concern. 15,18,20,31 Inadequate blinding of researchers and outcome assessors could have increased the chances of detection bias. 3,15,32 Inconsistencies with regard to allocation concealment and sequence generation were also not reported.…”

“…Of the 17 studies included, only 5 reported on the occurrence of adverse effects. [16][17][18]27,31 As shown in A great amount of variability was also found with regard to exercise dosage, since programmes were individualized to suit the specific population groups in question. The frequency of training sessions per week ranged from 2 to 5, with three sessions per week being the most common.…”

“…The searches were from inception of database to March 2018. Of the seventeen included studies, eleven were randomized controlled trials (RCTs); 3,15–23 one was a repeated-measures design; 24 two were pretest /posttest designs; 25,26 one was a feasibility/pilot study; 27 one was a case report 28 and one was a clinical case study. 29 The majority of the population groups investigated suffered primarily from musculoskeletal pain.…”

“…Four studies included a familiarization period, 16,17,27,29 two studies made mention to sequencing of exercises, 15,16 six studies included specific phases or blocks of training, 3,20,21,24,27,29 while seven studies made no mention to a familiarization period, sequencing of exercises and specific phases. 18,19,22,23,25,26,31 The majority of the included studies mentioned that they used a periodization model of exercise prescription; however, not all principles related to periodization were adhered to in their development, which is of concern.…”