Effects of Hold Relax With Agonist Contraction and Active Release Therapy on Clinical Outcomes in Piriformis Syndrome

University of Lahore

Status: Completed

Conditions: Piriformis Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Active Release Therapy; Other: Hold Relax with Agonist Contraction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05370378

Nimra Ilyas

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare the effects of hold relax agonist contraction and active release therapy on reducing pain intensity, improving functioning and sleep quality in patient with piriformis syndrome.

Both these techniques are passive, non-invasive manual therapy techniques which are easy to perform and less time consuming and may yield better outcomes resulting improved quality of life.

Enrollment: 82 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age group 25-55 years
2. Both male and female.
3. Gluteal pain with or without radicular symptoms.
4. Patients of piriformis syndrome diagnosed by orthopedic consultant.
5. Sub-acute and chronic piriformis syndrome.
6. Unilateral pain.
7. Pain score equal to and greater than 3 according to pain rating scale.

Exclusion criteria

1. Intermittent vascular claudication and spondylolisthesis.
2. Past history of hip, femur or vertebral fracture
3. Past history of spinal surgery.
4. Spinal tuberculosis.
5. Rheumatoid disease.
6. Disc pathology, sacroiliac joint dysfunction or mechanical back pain.
7. History of infectious disease.
8. Leg length discrepancy.
9. Any postural abnormality or deformity.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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82 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A

Experimental group

Description:

This group of participants will receive Hold Relax with Agonist Contraction (HR-AC) technique with routine physical therapy. The protocol will be given to the participants for two weeks (6 sessions on alternate days, 3 session per week). Each session will be of 60 minutes. The data will be collected before applying intervention, at first week and at 2nd week.

Treatment:

Other: Hold Relax with Agonist Contraction

Group B

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group of participants will receive Active Release Therapy, a kind of soft tissue mobilization along with routine physical therapy. The protocol will be given to the participants for two weeks (6 sessions on alternate days, 3 session per week). Each session will be of 60 minutes. The data will be collected before applying intervention, at first week and at 2nd week.

Treatment:

Other: Active Release Therapy