Effects of Core Stabilization Exercises With and Without Dry Cupping in Patients With Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction

Riphah International University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction

Treatments: Other: Dry cupping with core stabilization exercises; Other: Core stabilization exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05404984

REC/RCR & AHS/22/0105

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare the effects of core stabilization exercises with and without dry cupping on pain and disability in patients with sacroiliac joint dysfunction.

Full description

Low back pain (LBP) is recognized by its most common symptom - pain - and is known as the primary cause of disability one of the most frequent pain-producing factors in patients with LBP is sacroiliac joint dysfunctions (SJD). The sacroiliac joint dysfunction syndrome (SIJDS) is a contentious topic that is a common cause of low back pain (LBP) and patients often seek physical therapy helps to deal with their symptoms. Dry cupping on the SIJ is a physical therapy technique that has been supported by research in numerous areas, including pain reduction and SIJ mobility promotion.

But, in previous studies, there is very less literature regarding determining effects of the dry cupping on sacroiliac joint dysfunction. Therefore there is a dire need to explore the effect of dry cupping on sacroiliac joint dysfunction. This study aims the management of pain disability and functional impairment in persons with sacroiliac joint dysfunction particularly core stabilization exercises along with dry cupping therapy.

Enrollment: 24 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Chronic low back pain for more than 3 months
• Pain on performing pain provocative tests for sacroiliac dysfunction
• Oswestry disability index above 20% but below 80%

Exclusion criteria

• Participants suffering from specific low back pain like PIVD with instability or any radicular symptoms, lumbar spondylosis, lumbarcanal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, sensory deficits, malignancies and tuberculosis.
• Any traumatic conditions around the pelvis and lower limbs, any infectious, tumors conditions around the pelvis.
• Pregnancy, any lower limb abnormalities, any recently underwent abdominal and low back surgery.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

Dry cupping with core stabilization exercises

Experimental group

Description:

On 12 patients, dry cupping will be performed by using a disposable manual cupping set including a hand suction pump and plastic cups of different sizes. These cups will be placed over the points GB 30, Huantiao, BL-28 Pangguangshu, BL-54 ZHIBIAN and EM-Yaoyan. After dry cupping session core stabilization exercises will be added.

Treatment:

Other: Dry cupping with core stabilization exercises

Core stabilization exercises

Active Comparator group

Description:

12 patients will be asked to perform core stabilization exercises where the local stabilizers of the lumbopelvic region will be targeted to ensure segmental control in different positions such as supine, crook-lying, side-lying, prone, four-point kneeling, sitting, and standing.

Treatment:

Other: Core stabilization exercises