Effects of Back Muscles Endurance Training in Patients With Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain

Experimental group will be given MET Program, stretching \& strengthening exercises and Hot packs (for 15 minutes). MET program will include warm up, endurance and cool down exercises. The warm up and cool down period will be consisted of 5-minute walking, and 10 repetitions of stretching exercises. Endurance exercises will consist of 4 levels.

"Conventional treatment group will be given hot packs (for 15 minutes) and Strengthening \& stretching exercise program including:~STRETCHING EXERCISES (lumbar extensor muscles, iliopsoas muscles, hamstring muscles, gastrocnemius muscles and pectoral muscles).~STRENGTHENING EXERCISES (rectus abdominus crunch, oblique crunch, pelvic elevation, single leg pelvic elevation, lumbal spine extension, on hands and knees position with the raise of one leg, on hands and knees position with the raise of opposite arm and leg). Each exercise will be repeated 10 times."