Cemrem Special Care Center, Batman, Turkey.
Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey.
J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2021;34(5):795-804. doi: 10.3233/BMR-200327.
Caring for a child with a disability affects musculoskeletal system pain, fatigue, sleep quality, and anxiety of the mothers. The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of breathing exercises in mothers with chronic non-specific low back pain (NLBP).
Forty-three mothers with chronic NLBP were randomly assigned to the experimental group (n= 23) and the control group (n= 20). The experimental group received breathing exercises with core stabilization exercises (BSET) for three sessions a week for 8 weeks, and the control group performed stabilization exercises (SET) only, for the same period. Pain severity, fatigue, anxiety, and sleep quality were evaluated before and after the treatment programs.
After the treatment programs, significant differences were observed in pain, fatigue, and sleep quality in both groups (p< 0.05). However, the BSET group showed a significantly better improvement in anxiety levels and sleep quality than the SET group (p< 0.05).
The improvements in pain, fatigue and sleep quality were seen in both groups after treatment programs. It is recommended breathing exercises are added to core stabilization programs to provide greater improvements in anxiety level and sleep quality for mothers of children with disabilities, who have NLBP.
照顾残疾儿童会影响母亲的肌肉骨骼系统疼痛、疲劳、睡眠质量和焦虑。本研究的目的是确定呼吸练习对慢性非特异性下腰痛（NLBP）母亲的有效性。
将 43 名患有慢性 NLBP 的母亲随机分为实验组（n=23）和对照组（n=20）。实验组每周接受 3 次呼吸练习与核心稳定性练习（BSET），共 8 周，对照组仅进行稳定练习（SET），持续相同时间。在治疗前后评估疼痛严重程度、疲劳、焦虑和睡眠质量。
治疗后，两组的疼痛、疲劳和睡眠质量均有显著改善（p<0.05）。然而，BSET 组在焦虑水平和睡眠质量方面的改善明显优于 SET 组（p<0.05）。
治疗后两组疼痛、疲劳和睡眠质量均有改善。建议在核心稳定性计划中加入呼吸练习，为患有 NLBP 的残疾儿童的母亲提供更大程度的焦虑水平和睡眠质量改善。
