I wonder the exercise range （begin to stop）, the angular speed of such isokinetic exercise for low back pain patients. Anyone have used this kind of exercise???
Hi Jin
Have you read about document based spine care (DBS).They treat these isokinetic for spine .The main centre is in Britain, which promotes various angulated exercise program for entire Spain
There are quite a few protocols being used for this. Ever researched Omegawave?
Not isokonetic but inspirational (maybe)
Article Machado, L. A., de Souza, M. S., Ferreira, P. H. & Ferreira,...
... found this article which compared the use of isokinetic techniques vs standard physiotherapy in patients with chronic low back pain ...
Jin, I would read some of Stuart McGill's work. His website is www.backfitpro.com and he is a professor at the University of Waterloo. He does not recommend strengthening the spine through a range of motion with a load whether isokinetic of isotonic. If the isokinectic exercise is done in a sitting position it places high load on the spine and if putting the spine through a range of motion (from flexion to neutral) reproduces the mechanism for herniating a disc (if done repeatedly).
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