Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 5 , Pages 865-870 , May 2005

Effects of Home Strength Training and Stretching Versus Stretching Alone After Lumbar Disk Surgery: A Randomized Study With a 1-Year Follow-Up

  • Arja Häkkinen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Arja Häkkinen, PhD, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Keskussairaalantie 19, FIN-40620 Jyväskylä, Finland.
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  • Jari Ylinen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä
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  • Hannu Kautiainen, BA

      Affiliations

    • Rheumatism Foundation Hospital, Heinola, Finland.
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  • Ulla Tarvainen, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä
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  • Ilkka Kiviranta, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä

  • Image Result

    Patient flow during the study. Abbreviation: MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.

    Patient flow during the study. Abbreviation: MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.

  • Image Result

    Exercise frequencies against target levels. In the STG, the frequencies of strength training and stretching are presented separately. Legend: Circles show medians; boxes show IQRs.

    Exercise frequencies against target levels. In the STG, the frequencies of strength training and stretching are presented separately. Legend: Circles show medians; boxes show IQRs.

 Supported by the Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland.No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the author(s) or on any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(05)00016-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.11.012

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 5 , Pages 865-870 , May 2005

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