@ARTICLE{Mohseni Band pey, author = {Mohseni Band pey, M.A and Fakhri, M and Ahmad Shirveni, M and Bagheri nami, M and Khaliliyan, A.R and }, title = {A Comparative Evaluation of an Exercise Program and Ergonomic Advices in the Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial in Nursing Population }, volume = {16}, number = {62}, abstract ={Abstract Introduction: Annually, one third of work related injuries belongs to the musculoskeletal disorders and low back pain is the most commonly reported injury. There are many therapeutic interventions available in the treatment of low back pain, but the most effective treatment is yet demonstrated. The present study was designed to compare the effect of an exercise program and ergonomic advices in the treatment of low back pain. Objective: The aim of this study consists of: comparative evaluating of an exercise program and ergonomic advices in the treatment of low back pain in nursing population at Mazandaran province. Materials and Methods: This is a randomized controlled clinical trial study which, 236 nurses matched by age, gender and body Mass Index were randomly divided into four groups. The first three groups were received intervention (group 1, therapeutic exercise combined with ergonomic advices group2, therapeutic exercise only and group 3, ergonomic advices only). The fourth group was given no intervention. Pain on Visual Analogue Scale and disability on Oswestry Low Back Disability Questionnaire were measured at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after intervention. Results: Statistical analysis indicated that there was significant differences on pain and disability measurements in all instances using ANOVA (p }, URL = {http://journal.gums.ac.ir/article-1-382-en.html}, eprint = {http://journal.gums.ac.ir/article-1-382-en.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Guilan University of Medical Sciences}, doi = {}, year = {2007} }