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Asana-basedExercisesfor
th e m anagem ent o f
L o w B ac k P ain
T. V. ANANTHANARAYANAN
Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Madras-600018
and
T. M. SRINIVASAN
Founder Member
Biomedical Engineering Division, I. I. T., Madras.600036.
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Once the list of asanasare determined from the set, the actual
is worked out on the principleof alternate poseand countersequence
pose. Let us considera specificcaseof test result conducted on a male
patient,37 yearsold, 176cm height,60 kg weight,a professional executive. The test resultsfrom the Charts I to 7 is as follows :
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The main points to conclude from the patient response after a six
month followup is as follows :
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vinod Kurnar, K. (1982), 'Micro'processorbased neurological (n Reflex) monitoring'. MS Thesis, Biomedical EngineeringDivision, IIT, Madras, pp 51.
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