Core stability exercises Pelvic tilt exercises This exercise was done by keeping both hands behind the buttocks and pressing on them by flattening the spine and bending the pelvis up slightly, then holding for up to 10 seconds with 20 times of repetitions.

Partial curl The patient was in a supine position with knee bent and arms behind the head, the feet slightly away from the buttocks, then patient raise the upper body from the ground approximately 30 to 40 degrees, the abdominal muscles begin to contract, then the upper body was in lower to the ground

3. Back extension exercise The patient needs to lie in a prone position on a mat with legs straightening with a pronated forearm, then lift the upper back. Hips should be pressed into the mat with the head and neck in a neutral position.

Hot pack for 10 mins on low back in prone position.

Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), English version, was used to assess functional disability; it was a disease specific questionnaire that measures disability associated with low back pain. ODI is divided into 10 questions, which cover various areas of daily living activities and the scores are in percentage, the higher the score, the more disability a person

The intensity of pain was determined by means of Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), which is a 11-point self-report rating scale with a range of 0 to 10, where 10 is the worst imaginable pain and 0 is no pain. The respondents were requested to assess their present pain at res

A reflection of lumbar range of motion was established with the help of a handheld inclinometer, which is an objective measure of the spinal movement in degrees of lumbar flexion, lumbar extension, and side bending.