Kinesiology, Vol. 31 No. 2, 1999.
Original scientific paper
Recreational sport as a therapeutic adjunct to balneotherapeutic treatment for patients with back pain
Jože Vidmar
; Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract
The effect of Recreational Sport (RS) used as an adjunct to standard balneotherapeutic treatment was studied in 159 patients with back pain. The RS programme led to a significant improvement of the patients’ level of physical fitness without aggravating their back pain. These results suggest that RS has a therapeutic value. Therefore it should be made an integral part of rehabilitation programmes for patients suffering from back pain. All the study participants showed a positive altitude to RS. This indicates that RS has a motivational value for physical exercise, which should be exploited also after the end of rehabilitation treatment in spas under the supervision of sports experts and medical doctors.
Keywords
recreational sport, sport activity, back pain, balneotherapeutic treatment, physical fitness
Hrčak ID:
256872
URI
Publication date:
29.4.1999.
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