MAT Pilates and MIHA Combined Exercise Programs in Patients With Nonspecific Back Pain

Comparison of the Effects of MAT Pilates and MIHA Combined Exercise Programs on Pain, Quality of Life, Anxiety, and Endurance in Patients With Nonspecific Back Pain

Comparison of the Effects of MAT Pilates and MIHA Combined Exercise Programs on Pain, Quality of Life, Anxiety, and Endurance in Patients with Nonspecific Back Pain

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being between 25 and 45 years of age
• Having had back pain for the last 3 months
• The back pain not being due to a structural, traumatic, infectious, or tumor-related cause (i.e., no specific cause has been identified)
• Not having any serious cardiovascular, neurological, or orthopedic conditions that would --prevent participation in a physical exercise program
• Not having participated in a regular physical exercise program in the past 6 months
• Not having any contraindications to the use of a wearable EMS device (e.g., not having a pacemaker)

Exclusion Criteria:

• The back pain is associated with a specific pathology (e.g., spinal stenosis, fracture, tumor, infection, etc.)
• Being within the first 6 months of pregnancy or postpartum
• History of neurological disease (e.g., multiple sclerosis, peripheral neuropathy, spinal cord injury, etc.)
• Having a pacemaker or other electronic device in the body
• Pre-existing intolerance to EMS