Effects Of Muscle Energy Technique Versus Mobilization

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction

Treatments: Other: muscle energy technique; Other: mobilization technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04790500

REC/00846 Nusrat Javed

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim is to describe the severity of pain in postpartum female and management of sacroiliac joint pain and disability and define the effects of manual therapy on sacroiliac joint dysfunction and pain

Full description

The aim is to describe the severity of pain in postpartum female and management of sacroiliac joint pain and disability and define the effects of manual therapy on sacroiliac joint dysfunction and pain in postpartum females and to check whether the amount of gaining range of movement is similar among postpartum female undergoing with mobilization therapy and with muscle energy technique.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 20-40 year having unilateral back pain around or on sacral sulcus,
• Positive posterior pain provocation test for Sacroiliac joint dysfunction,
• Low back pain within six weeks of delivery
• Pain while sitting down, lying on the ipsilateral side of pain, or climbing stairs.
• Local tenderness of the posterior aspect of the sacroiliac joint
• Pain is usually localized over the buttock.
• Sharp, stabbing, and/or shooting pain which extends down the posterior thigh usually not past the knee.
• C-section

Exclusion criteria

• Neurological deficit
• Spinal tumors
• Scoliosis,
• Underwent spinal surgery and prolapsed
• Intervertebral disc with or without radiculopathy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A

Active Comparator group

Description:

mobilization technique

Treatment:

Other: mobilization technique

Group B

Experimental group

Description:

muscle energy technique

Treatment:

Other: muscle energy technique