Mulligan Mobilization and Percussive Massage for Low Back Pain

 Physiotherapy as a form of non-pharmacological health service can help individuals with non-specific low back pain to improve movement and activity limitations. Among the physiotherapy modalities that can be applied are mulligan mobilization and percussive massage using a massage gun device. This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of a combination of mulligan mobilization and percussive massage to increase lumbar range of motion in non-specific low back pain conditions. This study implemented a one group pretest-posttest design, involving 20 patients with non-specific low back pain. Lumbar range of motion in the pre- and post-intervention phases was measured using an inclinometer. Then the results were compared using paired samples t-test. The analysis results showed that lumbar flexion in the pretest and posttest phases were 42.50 ± 9.490 and 52.10 ± 6.226 respectively; while for lumbar extension it was 21.10 ± 4.149 and 31.10 ± 4.932. The p value of the comparison test results was 0.000, both for lumbar flexion and extension (there was a difference between before and after intervention). Thus it was concluded that combination of mulligan mobilization and percussive massage gun device can increase lumbar range of motion.