The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of manual therapy and sacroiliac joint injections in patients with sacroiliac joint dysfunction
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Some sacroiliac manipulation and mobilization techniques will be applied to patients by an experienced physiatrist. Patients in the manual therapy group will receive 5 sessions of sacroiliac joint manipulation once a week.
Corticosteroid (1 ml 40 mg methylprednisolone) and local anesthetic (1 ml 1% lidocaine) will be injected into the sacroiliac joint using a 22 G spinal needle, guided by fluoroscopy (C-arm fluoroscopy) by an experienced physiatrist. It will be applied just one time.
SBU,Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital
Ankara, Cankaya, Turkey (Türkiye)
Numeric Rating Scale, NRS
NRS is an 11-grade scale that evaluates the severity of pain in adults .NRS is one of the most commonly used scales in the assessment of pain severity. Possible scores ranges from 0( no pain) to 10 ( worst pain)
Time frame: Change from baseline NRS at 3 months
Oswestry Disability index
The Oswestry disability index will be used to evaluate how much the patients' low back pain limits their activities in daily life. This index was first created in 1980 . The questionnaire consists of 10 sections, each assessing limitations in different daily activities and functions. Each section is scored from 0 to 5. A score of 0 indicates that there is no restriction while doing that activity, while a score of 5 represents the highest level of restriction in that activity. The maximum score is 50. As the total score increases, the disability level of the individual increases. In 2004, Turkish validity study was carried out by Yakut et al.
Time frame: Baseline, Month 1, Month 3, Month 6
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