Efficacy of Balance exercises in chronic low back pain.

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is one of the most common clinical conditions come across in physiotherapy out - patient department. It is one of the major causes of disability, activity limitation and psychosocial co morbidity. Treatments for chronic back pain can vary greatly. Physical therapy includes patient education and a variety of stretching and strengthening exercises, manual therapies and modalities to treat pain. However balance deficits in individuals with CLBP have been demonstrated in review of literature. With aim to observe effect of balance exercises in CLBP, Cross sectional prospective study was designed. Primary outcome measures were pain (visual analogue scale), disability (Roland Morris Questionnaire), quality of life (12-Item Short-Form Health Survey), and balance (Berg Balance Scale). Control group were given conventional physiotherapy exercises. Experimental group was given balance exercises in addition to conventional exercises. There were no enhancements in any outcome measure after adding balance exercises in treatment protocol of CLBP patients.