effect of prayer-based movements on pain and endurance of flexor muscles in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain

Aims: chronic non-specific low back pain is the most common chronic lower back pain, and developing a therapeutic and rehabilitative plan to more rapidly mend patients with lower back pain has always been discussed. the present study aimed to determine the effect of prayer-based movements on pain and endurance of flexor muscles in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain.materials & methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted on all the patients with a chronic non-specific lbp referring to shahid mofatteh clinic no. 1 in yasuj, 2020. according to block random assignment, sixty-six patients were divided into two groups of the intervention and control. in the intervention group, prayer-based exercises were performed three sessions a week for eight weeks. the control group was not instructed. the demographic questionnaire and quebec back pain disability scale were used to measure pain, and the maintain the 60° angle test was used to collect data before intervention; the visual pain measurement scale was used immediately after the intervention, and the endurance test of spine flexor muscles performed at the angle of 60° was used a week after the intervention. the collected data were analyzed by spss 21 using descriptive statistics and statistical tests of paired t, mann-whitney, independent t, wilcoxon, chi-square, and shapiro-wilk.findings: there was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of pain severity and endurance of the flexor muscles at the starting point (p>0.05). the comparisons of the mean immediately and a week after the intervention were significant (p<0.05).conclusion: prayer-based exercises effectively affect pain severity and endurance of flexor muscles in patients with non-chronic lower back pain.