Authors : T P Saravanakumar, Prajwal GS, Ashwin Gobbur
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijor.2021.007
Volume : 7
Issue : 1
Year : 2021
Page No : 29-33
Introduction: Low back ache constitute a group of symptoms with no clear etiopathogenesis and pose a major difficulty for a health care professional to diagnose and treat the disease per se. Low back ache has become permanent disability for certain individuals and interferes with normal functioning of day-to-day life activities.
Objective: This study was undertaken to establish the correlation and functional outcome between combination of Vitamin D & magnesium supplementation and Vitamin D supplementation for patients with non-specific low back ache.
Materials and Methods: An observational comparative study was performed with 117 patients of nonspecific low back ache from June 2019 to May 2020. Out of 117 patients, a total of 60 patients (Group A) were treated with a combination of Vitamin D supplementation along with magnesium tablets for 3 consecutive months and remaining 57 patients (Group B) were treated with Vitamin D supplementation for 3 consecutive months. Both the groups were followed up for 6 months for pain relief assessed by
VAS score and functional improvement in quality of life assessed by Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire.
Results: A significant difference was noted in the Group A compared to Group B which demonstrates an additive effect on the combination used in them. When analysing the change in parameters compared to the pre-interventions state both the groups showed significant improvements. However, upon analysis of the correlation between the parameters with regard to the change among the groups, we noted that Group A showed significant correlation with respect to the Calcium and Vit-D level improvement out of the intervention upon the observed results.
Conclusion: Treatment of non-specific low back ache with vitamin-D and magnesium shows synergistic effects with significant improvement in the functional outcomes and the pre-intervention metabolic parameters.
Keywords: Vitamin D, Magnesium, Low back ache, Spine, Conservative management.