Affiliations: [a] Dokuz Eylül University, School of Physical Therapy, İzmir, Turkey | [b] Dokuz Eylül University, School of Medicine, Neurosurgical Department, Izmir, Turkey
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Corresponding author: Bilge Kara, Dokuz Eylül University, School of Physical Therapy, 35340, İnciraltı, İzmir, Turkey. Tel.: +90 (0) 232 412 49 32; Fax: +90 (0) 232 270 50 30; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Objective:The aim of our study is to determine the effect of age, BMI (Body Mass Index: kg/m2), gender, level of lumbar disc operation and standardized physiotherapy of the patients during hospitalization on the Physiotherapy Functional Mobility Profile (PFMP). Design:A retrospective study. Patients:Eighty three patients who had undergone surgery with lumbar disc hernia were included in the study. Data were separately interpreted considering such parameters as age, BMI, gender, and level of operation which we believe might have affected the associated consequences. Methods:PFMP was used in the assessment of the patients. Evaluations were made on the days when they were referred and discharged. Results and Conclusion:Increases were observed in totals and subheadings of PFMP scores during the early period of the inpatients exposed to lumbar disc operations to whom we applied standardized physiotherapy programs, with increases in subheadings involving ambulation being found significant. It follows from the conclusions of grouping our patients that functionality was positively influenced by 4th decade muscularity and by one-level operation in the early period.
