Advance in Exercise Rehabilitation for Nonspecific Low Back Pain (review) / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

Nonspecific low back pain is a major contributor to disease burden worldwide and may affect people of all ages. As a key strategy in the management of low back pain, exercise rehabilitation has been unanimously recommended by several clinical practice guidelines. However, the guidelines didn't make it clear that the most optimum types, intensity, frequency and duration of exercise rehabilitation for patients with nonspecific low back pain. In the future, researchers should highlight the design of the exercise program, identify the patient subsets benefiting from specific exercise programs, exploit and popularize more effective and cost-effective exercise programs and promote active exercise in the patients with nonspecific low back pain to achieve complete rehabilitation.