The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of manual therapy and sacroiliac joint injections in patients with sacroiliac joint dysfunction
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Low back and/or gluteal pain and/or groin pain without radicular extension below the L4 level for more than 3 months
* Pain score greater than 3 according to NRS
* Unresponsiveness to conservative treatment (such as exercise, NSAID)
* At least 3 of the five sacroiliac provocation tests (FABER (Patrick), thigh thrust, Gaenslen, sacroiliac compression, and sacroiliac distraction tests) are positive
Exclusion Criteria:
* Refusing to participate in the study
* Pregnancy
* History of inflammatory disease (ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.)
* Infective sacroiliitis
* Malignancy
* Osteoporosis
* Mechanical lumbosacral pathologies (spondylolisthesis, scoliosis, stenosis, etc.)
* Neurological finding in the lower extremity
* Pain spreading below the knee
* History of spinal surgery
* History of allergy to drugs to be injected (local anesthetic, contrast material, steroid allergy)
What they're measuring
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Numeric Rating Scale, NRS
Timeframe: Change from baseline NRS at 3 months
Trial details
NCT IDNCT05181579
SponsorGaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital