Impact Of Yoga Practices On Heavy Load Factory Workers Suffering From Acute Lower Back Pain: An Experimental Study
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Background: Back pain is a common and costly condition. Pain occurring in the region between the neck and the pelvic region at any point on the spinal column is termed as back pain. Yoga has a positive impact on back pain. Various studies have exhibited significant role of yogasana, meditation and relaxation techniques in the improvements at physical & psychological health level in healthy subjects.
Aim: To study the effect of yoga on factory worker having low back pain.
Objectives: To assess the effect of yoga practices on WHO-quality of life, Quebec scale, fatigue severity scale, work and adjustment scale, DASS scale, emotion regulation questionnaire-ERQ in back pain participants working in factory.
Materials & Method: Eighty heavy lord factory workers (Appolo Tyres) with age range between 25 to 45 (mean/sd=34.44±6.43) were assigned for the study. Participants performed one hour yoga practice for six days per week for three months. Participants with physical disability, neurological & psychological problem were excluded from the study. Quality of life (WHOQOL-Brief: Quality of life), Fatigue (FSS: Fatigue Severity Scale), Work & social adjustment, Functional disability QBPDS: The Quebac Back Pain Disability scale, ERQ: Emotional regulation Questionnaire, DASS (Stress, anxiety, Depression) were used to assess before and after three months.
Result: There were significant improvements on WHO-QOL (Physical health (P<0.001), Psychological health (P<0.001), Social relation (P<0.001), Environment (P<0.001). FSS (P<0.001), WSAS (P<0.001), QBPDS (P<0.001), ERQ (R- (P<0.001), S- (P<0.001), DASS-S (P<0.001), DASS-A (P<0.001) & DASS-D (P<0.001) after three-month yoga practice.
Conclusion: Three months of yoga practice was beneficial in improving functional disability, fatigue, emotional level, social adjustment, stress, anxiety, depression and quality of life among factory workers having back pain. The Yoga practices showed significant changes in many parameters which were set to track the effect on factory workers. Yoga practices may be used to manage back pain in dose wise manner based on severity.
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