TY - JOUR T1 - Comparison of the effect of infra-red and hot pack on reduction of pain associated with lumbar discopathy TT - مقایسه اثرات مادون قرمز (infrared ) با کیسه آب گرم (hot pack ) بر درد ناشی از هرنی دیسک کمری JF - HBI_Journals JO - HBI_Journals VL - 17 IS - 2 UR - http://sjku.muk.ac.ir/article-1-802-en.html Y1 - 2012 SP - 72 EP - 81 KW - Infra-red KW - Hot pack KW - Disk herniation KW - Pain. N2 - Background and Aim: Disk herniation is one of the causes of low back pain that 90% of people experience this pain. There are many pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods to alleviate the low back pain, such as physiotherapy techniques (infra-red and hot pack, etc.). In this study we investigated the effect of infra-red and hot pack on the low back pain associated with disk herniation. Material and Methods: In this experimental study, 60 patients with disk herniation were selected and divided randomly into infra-red and hot pack groups. Severity of the pain was measured on the basis of a numerical rating scale up to 10. Intervention was performed three times a week for one month. Severity and duration of pain were measured before and after intervention. SPSS software was used for data analysis. Results: The results of this study showed that the mean scores of pain severity and duration in infra-red group was 65.67±8.33 minutes which decreased to 44.33±5.60 minutes after intervention. The respective values for the hot pack group were 81±8.6 and 50.33±5.60 minutes before and after intervention. Effect of infra-red and hot pack on pain reduction was the same after intervention but infra-red was more effective in reducing the duration of pain. Conclusion: Considering the effect of infra-red, it can be recommended for pain reduction as a safe non pharmacological method. Hot pack is also effective in reducing pain by producing humid heat and patients’ compliance with this method will be higher. M3 ER -