Effectiveness of a Novel Neural Tissue Management to Improve Short-term Pain and Disability in Patients With Sciatica

Centro Universitário Augusto Motta

Status: Completed

Conditions: Disability Evaluation; Sciatica Pain; Manual Therapies; Physical Therapy Modalities

Treatments: Other: Physical therapy treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03663842

25/2010

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objectives: To analyse the effects of sciatic neural mobilisation, in combination to the treatment of the surrounding structures, on pain and disability. Secondly, to investigate baseline characteristics that may be associated with improvements in pain and lumbar disability. Methods: Twenty-eight patients with a clinical diagnosis of sciatica were treated with neural mobilization, joint mobilisation and soft tissue techniques. Pain intensity and lumbar disability were assessed at baseline and after treatment using a Numerical Rating Scale (0-10) and the Oswestry Disability Index (0-100), respectively. The pre- and post-intervention data were compared.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Low back pain with radiating leg pain and/or paresthesia below the knee that follows the L5 and/or S1 dermatomal pattern.

Exclusion criteria

• History of lumbar and abdominal surgery
• Rheumatologic syndromes (e.g. Rheumatoid arthritis);
• Lumbar stenosis.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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44 participants in 1 patient group

Neural tissue management

Experimental group

Description:

Myofascial release technique; Hip joint mobilization technique; Cross-fiber friction over the sacroiliac joints; Neural mobilization to improve sciatic nerve excursion.

Treatment:

Other: Physical therapy treatment