O impacto dos exercícios aeróbicos no tratamento da dor lombar crônica: revisão de literatura

Abstract

Introduction: Low back pain is one of the reasons that most lead to medical consultations, where the prevalence of it increases over the years and stabilizes the population over 65 years, without knowing the reasons. It is believed that aerobic exercises contribute to the improvement and control of chronic low back pain, also contributing to the physical conditioning and psychological improvement of patients, in addition to gaining return and with less financial expense for the general population. Objective: This study aimed to conduct a literature review evaluating the effectiveness of aerobic exercises in improving chonic low back pain. Methods: This is literature review on the effectiveness of aerobic exercises in the treatment of chronic low back pain. The study wasdeveloped though a search for scientific literature on the eletrinic databases Medline and PEDro. Results: Of the four articles analyzed one showed that high intensity aerobic exercises showed significant improvements in pain, disability and psychological stress in patients with DLC, two others showed that aerobic exercises have similar and positive results when compared to other interventions for the treatment of DLC and one reported that aerobic exercise did not show significant improvements in the treatment of DLC compared to conventional physical therapy. Conclusion: Evidence suggests that aerobic exercises can be an effective toll in the treatment of patients with DLC, where pain improvement occurs in conjunction with other important variables such as: reduction of stress, anxiety, depression and improvement of these individuals disability.