Kinesio Taping With &Without Craniosacral Therapy in Pregnant Females With SIJ Dysfunction.

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sacral Disorder

Treatments: Other: kinesiotaping with craniosacral therapy; Other: kinesiotaping without craniosacral therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05811325

REC/RCR&AHS/22/0538

Details and patient eligibility

About

SIJ dysfunction adversely affects quality of life and causes functional impairment and disability. Although, K taping and craniosacral therapy were previously affective in treating SI joint dysfunction, the combined affects of these intervention have not been compared previously to K taping alone.

Full description

This study is a randomized controlled trial and have 30 pregnant women suffering from SIJH dysfunction. There is 2 groups and both have received treatment for 6 weeks. The data on pain is collected through VAS and the data on disability is collected through Oswestry Disability Index, and data on quality of life will be collected using SF-36. Measurements will be taken at the beginning of the study and at the end of the 4th week, at the completion of the study. Data will be analyzed using SPSS.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age between 18-35
• pregnant females in 3rd trimester
• pregnant females with SIJ dysfunction

Exclusion criteria

• high risk pregnancy
• pregnant females with hypermobility syndrome
• previous pelvic history

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

kinesio taping without craniosacral therapy

Experimental group

Description:

This group received Kinesio taping for improvement in pain,disability and quality of life.

Treatment:

Other: kinesiotaping without craniosacral therapy

kinesio taping group with craniosacral therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Group received kinesio Taping with craniosacral therapy for improvement in pain,disability and quality of life.

Treatment:

Other: kinesiotaping with craniosacral therapy