Examining the relationship between pain, posture, lumbal stabilizer muscle strength and life in women with chronic lower back pain

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between pain, posture, lumbal stabilizer muscle strength and quality of life in women with chronic back pain. The pain levels of 30 female participants entering and not entering menopause between 30-50 years of age McGill Pain Survey, posture assessments New York Posture Analysis, lumbal stabilizer muscle strength Stabilizer Pressure Biofeedback device and quality of life are evaluated by the WHOQOL-BREF life Quality scale. In women entering menopause, the pain level has been detected more often than women who do not enter menopause (McGill Agri Score - Score assessment result: P=0,040; McGill Pain Level - VAS evaluation result: P=0,007). According to the findings of the study, it has been concluded that there is a significant difference between postings of women entering menopause and postings of women who do not enter menopause (p<0,001). In women entering menopause, lumbal stabilizer muscle forces were found to be lower than women who did not enter menopause (Multifidus muscle force assessment result: P=0,032; Transversus Abdominis muscle force evaluation result: P<0,001). On the contrary, all sub-parameters of life quality have increased statistically according to women who do not enter menopause in women who enter menopause (p=0,685 for the General Health sub-parameter; p=0,502 for the physical Health sub-parameter; p=0,145 for the psychological sub-parameter; p=0,970 for the Social Relations sub-parameter; p=0,427 for the Environment sub-parameter). Our study results show that menopause penetration has a meaningful relationship between pain, posture and lumbal stabilizer muscle strength, but there is no statistically significant relationship with quality of life.