08 December 2024
: Case report 
Improving Golf Swing Kinematics in a 78-Year-Old Golfer with Lower Back Pain: A Case Report
Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment
Jonathan Grathwohl ABCDEF 1, Robert Sillevis ACDEF 1*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.946077
Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e946077
Table 6. Treatment interventions.
| Treatment session | Interventions |
|---|---|
| First treatment | Neuromuscular control: supine hook lying pelvic tilts (3 sets×15 reps), TrA activation (10-s hold×10 repetitions), physioball PNF upper extremity D1 and D2 (3 sets×15 reps)Hip/torso disassociation: supine hook lying lower trunk rotations (3 sets×15 reps), supine hook lying open books (2 sets×2-s holds×10 reps), physioball horizontal twists (3 sets×15 reps)Balance: single leg stands on foam pad (10-s holds×10 reps each leg×open eyes), 10-m balance beam walks (4 sets×2 eyes straight×1 eyes up/down×1 eyes left/right)Flexibility: hamstring stretch (3 sets×30-s holds×both legs), gluteus stretch (3 sets×30-s holds×both legs), piriformis stretch (3 sets×30-s holds×both legs) |
| Second treatment | Neuromuscular control: supine hook lying pelvic tilts (3 sets×15 reps), TrA activation (10-s holds×10 reps), TrA activation with marching (10 sets×10 marches), TrA activation with straight leg raise (10 sets×10 reps), resisted physioball PNF upper extremity D1 and D2 (3 sets×15 reps)Hip/torso disassociation: supine hook lying lower trunk rotations with weighted counter rotation (3 sets×15 reps), side lying open books (2 sets×2-s holds×10 reps), resisted physioball horizontal twists (3 sets×15 reps)Balance: single leg stands on a foam pad (10-s holds×10 reps each leg×open eyes), 10-m balance beam walks (4 sets×2 eyes straight×1 eyes up/down×1 eyes left/right), single leg stand on the ground with pelvic tilts (2 sets×10 reps each leg)Flexibility: contract relax hamstring stretch (2 sets×30-s holds×both legs), contract relax quadriceps stretch (2 sets×30-s holds×both legs), contract relax chest stretch (2 sets×30-s holds×bilaterally), gluteus stretch (3 sets×30-s holds×both legs), piriformis stretch (3 sets×30-s holds×both legs |
| Third treatment | Neuromuscular control: pelvic clocks (2 sets), TrA activation with side-lying clamshells (10 sets×10 reps), TrA activation with straight leg raise (10 sets×10 reps), resisted physioball PNF upper extremity D1 and D2 (3 sets×15 reps), supported pelvic powerhouse (2 sets×10 reps)Hip/torso disassociation: side lying open books (2 sets×2-s holds×10 reps), resisted physioball horizontal twists (3 sets×15 reps)Balance: single leg stands on foam pad (10-s holds×10 reps each leg×open eyes), 10-meter balance beam walks (4 sets×2 eyes straight×1 eyes up/down×1 eyes left/right)Flexibility: contract relax hamstring stretch (2 sets×30-s holds×both legs), contract relax quadriceps stretch (2 sets×30-s holds×both legs), contract relax chest stretch (2 sets×30-s holds×bilaterally), gluteus stretch (3 sets×30-s holds×both legs), piriformis stretch (3 sets×30-s holds×both legs) |
| PNF – proprioception neuromuscular facilitation; TrA – transversus abdominis. | |