Abstract
Introduction: lumbar pain is a condition catalogued as one with the higher rate of medical services consultation. In office workers there is also a high prevalence, thus is necessary to generate intervention plans since primary intervention encourage improvement in health status of this population. Objective: to determine the effects of an exercise plan on low back pain in office workers. Material and method: it was conducted an exercise plan in the office based in the strengthening of the abdominal girdle, the neck´s deep muscles and the stretching of back straight chain in 17 workers of a company located in Bogota, for four weeks, and evolution respect to low back pain was evaluated through the Roland Morris questionnaire. Tools were applied at the end of the four weeks intervention and follow-up at six months was performed. Results: a decrease in pain by two units is evident after four weeks of intervention (p<0.05), this decrease in pain was maintained after six weeks; likewise, the inability decreases in three units (p<0.05) and results are also maintained to track. Conclusion: An exercise plan based in the strengthening of the abdominal girdle, the neck´s deep muscles and the stretching of back straight chain reduces pain and disability in office workers, this effect was maintained at 6 months.MÉD.UIS. 2017;30(3):83-8.
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