Comparative Effects of Stecco-fascial Manipulation and Rolfing Structural Integration in Patients With Piriformis Syndrome

Danyal Ahmad

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Piriformis Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Experimental: GROUP B (Rolfing Structural Integration); Other: Experimental: GROUP A ( Stecco fascial Manipulation)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07322185

kuhs/dpt/umt-skt-026

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to compare the effectiveness of Stecco Fascial Manipulation and Rolfing Structural Integration in treating Piriformis syndrome, focusing on special outcomes like pain severity and functional outcomes.

comparison will be done to check the effectiveness of Stecco-fascial Manipulation and Rolfing Structural Integration on patients of both groups.

participants will:

1. get the treatment according to their respective groups
2. Both groups were given 4 sessions for 4 weeks.

Full description

This study will be a randomized clinical trial with a sample size of 42 participants as calculated with g power tool with 5% of attrition added. Subjects will be obtained by non- probability convenient sampling based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Participants will be randomly assigned into two groups, 21 subjects in each group. The group A will receive the stecco fascial manipulation along with the conventional therapy while group B will receive the rolfing structural integration along with conventional therapy. The conventional physiotherapy protocol will include TENS applied with a Hot- pack for 10 minutes that will be followed by piriformis stretch.The data analysis will be done by IBM SPSS 26.0 version. To check the normality Shaprio- Wilk test will be used.

Enrollment: 42 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. 25 to 45 age group.
2. For at least four weeks, there has been unilateral buttock discomfort, either with or without posterior thigh pain included buttock pain, pain that worsened when sitting.
3. Positive slump test and fair test decrease ranges of hip NPRS greater than

Exclusion criteria

1. Previous pelvic, ipsilateral hip, lumbar, or sacroiliac surgery that would have confused pain source.
2. Evidence of lumbar radiculopathy or another spinal condition that could be the origin of the symptoms (matching MRI/CT revealing nerve root compression or disc herniation). progressive neurologic disease or neuromuscular disease (e.g., peripheral neuropathy, myopathy, neuromuscular junction diseases)28.
3. During the research period, pregnancy or the planning of pregnancy (if interventions are employed) active pelvic or hip infection, malignancy, fracture, or systemic inflammation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

GROUP A ( Stecco fascial Manipulation)

Experimental group

Description:

GROUP A ( Stecco fascial Manipulation) containing 21 participants who will be given Stecco fascial Manipulation for 30 minutes along with the conventional physiotherapy.

Treatment:

Other: Experimental: GROUP A ( Stecco fascial Manipulation)

GROUP B (Rolfing Structural Integration)

Experimental group

Description:

GROUP B (Rolfing Structural Integration) containing 21 participants who were given Rolfing Structural Integration for 30 minutes along with the conventional physiotherapy.

Treatment:

Other: Experimental: GROUP B (Rolfing Structural Integration)