Keywords
Lordosis
Foam Roller
Elderly Women
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Abstract
Background:Lumbar lordosis is one of the causes of low back pain (LBP) prevalence among people. Objective: This study evaluated the effect of Self-Myofascial Release (SMR) using Foam Roller on lumbar lordosis of elderly women. Methods: For this purpose, among the elderly women referred to the rehabilitation center, The sample (n = 32) with a curvature angle of more than 30 degrees was categorized into two groups: Experimental group with (mean age 62/3 ± 3/4 years old), (mean height160 ± 4.2 cm) and (mean weight 60.1 ± 5.2 kg) and Control group with (mean age 60.1 ± 4.46 years), (mean height 160.1 ± 4.8 cm) and (mean weight 63.4 ± 4.02 kg). Lumbar arch was measured and recorded with a flexible ruler. The training protocol consisted of eight weeks, three sessions per week (including three one minute exercises with one minute rest between each exercise). To ensure the normality of the data, the Kolmograf-Smirnov test was used, to evaluate the progress of each group from the pre-test to the post-test used correlate t-test, and to compare the mean of the two experimental and control groups used the independent t-test. Results: Furthermore, our results demonstrate that Self-Myofascial Release (SMR) using a foam roller has a significant effect on reducing the lumbar lordosis of elderly women (P=0.0001).
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