• Niharika Rajvanshi
• Sohrab Ahmed Khan
• Nilofar Rasheed

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of Pilates and Mc Gill exercises on pain, disability, lumbar flexibility, patient specific functional independence and global impression of recovery in young adult patients of non specific low back pain. Method: In this prospective, comparative study, subjects were tested in week 0 (pre intervention phase), end of week 3 and week 6 for pain, disability, lumbar flexibility, patient specific functional independence and global impression of recovery. The data was analyzed to find out which of the two protocols was better in pain reduction, disability reduction, increasing lumbar flexibility, enhancing patient specific functional independence and global impression of recovery inpatients. Results: The result of our study showed significant improvement in all the outcome measures through week 0 to week 3 to week 6 in both the groups, when the parameters were assessed within the groups (p<0.001). When compared between the two groups, the results showed significant reduction in pain percentage through Mc Gill Exercises over Pilates exercises (p<0.001), but for rest of the outcome measures both the groups showed equalimprovement. Conclusions: This study concludes that though both the exercise interventions work efficiently in improving the dependent variables, individually. On comparison, the Mc Gill & Pilates regime, Mc Gill exercises were found to be better than Pilates exercises in giving pain relief to the young adult patients suffering from nonspecific low back pain but for rest of the parameters both are equally effective.

Pilates exercises, Mc Gill exercises, non-specific low back pain, young adults.

"COMPARISON OF PILATES EXERCISES AND MC GILL EXERCISES IN TREATMENT OF NON-SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN IN YOUNG ADULTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no.e292-e302, August-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108521.pdf

"COMPARISON OF PILATES EXERCISES AND MC GILL EXERCISES IN TREATMENT OF NON-SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN IN YOUNG ADULTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no. ppe292-e302, August-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108521.pdf