DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2024.v12i03.018

Pages: 312-314

Introduction: osteoarthritis is a degenerative process of the lumber spine [2]. Objective: the overall objective of this study was to determine the frequency of lumber osteoarthrosis and the contribution of physical therapy to its management. Patients and Method: we conducted a prospective longitudinal study over two [2]. years, from October first, 2021, to September 30th, 2023, in patients seen in the physiotherapy department of the Teaching Hospital of Point G for lumbar spine osteoarthrosis. Results: sixty-two (62) patients accepted to participate in this study with female predominating up to 66.1% (n=41). The age range was from 60 to 69-year-old in 24%. Paresis was found in 24.2% as neurological sign. Forty nine percent of the patients was found with obesity. All the participants underwent a CT scan to set the lesional diagnosis. Sickle cell disease was found in 4.8% (n=3). Physical therapy sessions sere from 10 to 45. Ninety-five point 2 percents of the patients had a distinctively clinical amelioration and 61.3% with no pain anymore according to the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). There was quite a statistical significance between the VAS and symptoms amelioration. This attest that physical therapy has a significant contribution in the caring process of lumbar osteoarthritis. Conclusion: physiotherapy supplement the management of lumbar osteoarthritis. Is must therefore be associated with the medical treatment of this condition.