Lumbar spondylosis is a run of the mill explanation behind chronic low back pain and chronic disability. Spondylosis may be associated nonspecifically to any degenerative conditions impacting the circles, vertebral bodies, as well as associated joints of the lumbar spine. The main objective of this study is to show the effect of short wave diathermy (SWD) on treating lower back pain caused by spondylosis. A clinical trial was conducted in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, BSMMU, Shahbagh, Dhaka on 105 patients who came to the hospital suffering from lower back pain due to spondylois. The study duration was from 1^st March 2010 to 15 September, 2010.

Results: Among 105 patients 40% were male and 60% were female. Out of the seventy two patients, maximum patients were poor (55%) followed by middle class (40%). Notably no rich patient was found in this study.105 patients belonged in the study group and regularly took the treatment plan assigned to them. In accordance to time point improvement, one week i.e. pre-treatment  summation score with compared to  at the end of one week summation score (W1) was 63.61 ± 4.17 versus 57.01 ± 4.42. In the last time point, pre-treatment compared to post treatments total score was 63.61 ± 4.17 versus 17.69 ± 10.99.Considering the findings from this study, it can be seen that short wave diathermy is effective against lumber spondylosis.

Keywords: Short Wave Diathermy, Chronic Low Back Pain, Lumbar Spondylosis.

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Dr Md. Habibur Rahman

Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rangpur Medical College, Rangpur, Bangladesh