To take account of the effect of kinesitherapeutic program of special exercises to influence the degree of disability in patients with chronic lumbalgia. The study included 110 patients diagnosed with chronic lumbalgia, divided equally into two treatment groups. The participants of the experimental group performed the recommended special exercises 3 times a week at home and those in the control group only follow the guidelines of the physician. At the beginning of the monitoring, on the 6th month and on the 12th month the degree of disability was assessed in all participants by mailed Oswestry questionnaire. In the patients from the experimental group on the 6th month and at the end of the monitoring there was observed a significant reduction in the degree of disability resulting from the application of the kinesitherapeutic program. There was an aggravation of the degree of disability in the participants in the control group on the 6th month and at the end of the monitoring. The treatment with specific exercises is more effective in reducing the degree of disability than the usually prescribed medication in patients with chronic lumbalgia.
 

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