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

Riphah International University24 enrolled

Overview

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.

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction

Interventions

Dry cupping with core stabilization exercisesOTHER

12 patients will receive dry cupping technique for 10 minutes followed by 10 repetitions of each core stabilization exercise in different positions. All the patients will receive this treatment once a week for 6 weeks.

Core stabilization exercisesOTHER

A total of 12 patients will perform 10 repetitions of each core stabilization exercise in different positions. All the patients will receive this treatment once a week for 6 weeks.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 35 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Locations (1)

Riphah Rehabilitation Clinic

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

NPRS for pain

The Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) is a subjective measure in which individuals rate their pain on an eleven-point numerical scale. The scale is composed of 0 (no pain at all) to 10 (worst imaginable pain).

Time frame: 6th week

Modified ODI for disability

It is a disease-specific disability measure and is used to find the level of disability with the help of questions asking about difficulty in performing activities of daily life in 10 different sections.

Time frame: 6th week

Central Contacts

Imran Amjad, PhD

CONTACT

03324390125 imran.amjad@riphah.edu.pk

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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