Resumen de Effect of adding Ozone Sauna in Low Back Pain treatment [abstract]

Tarek Tanbouli, Mazen Al Qanni

• PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of adding ozone sauna with local ozone (O3) injection in low back treatment and comparing it to local O3 injection alone.

  MATERIAL and METHODS: This study was conducted on 40 patients suffering from chronic low back pain ( < 6 month), (Age: 35-65 years.), (L1/L2 to L5/S1), and Pain Assessment depends on Pain Scale before treatment and after 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 sessions.

  Patients are divided randomly into 2 groups; each is 20 patients 12 males and 8 females.

  Group (A): received local O3 injection (7-12 mcg./ml.) for 12 sessions twice weekly.

  Group (B): received local O3 injection as group (A) followed by OZONE SAUNA for 12 sessions twice weekly.

  RESULTS:

  0 4 16 - - - - - - - 2 4 8 5 3 - - 8 = (40%) 3 = (15%) - 4 4 6 4 4 - - 8 = (40%) 4 = (20%) - 6 3 4 4 4 1 - 9 = (45%) 5 = (25%) 1 = (5%) 8 2 3 3 6 6 - 15 = (75%) 12 = (60%) 6 = (30%) 10 2 2 1 7 6 2 16 =(80%) 15 = (75%) 8 = (40%) 12 2 1 2 4 8 3 17 =(85%) 15 = (75%) 11 = (55%) 0 Pain Scale (A)