NCT03663842

Effectiveness of a Novel Neural Tissue Management to Improve Short-term Pain and Disability in Patients With Sciatica

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centro Universitário Augusto Motta · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Objectives: To analyse the effects of sciatic neural mobilisation, in combination to the treatment of the surrounding structures, on pain and disability. Secondly, to investigate baseline characteristics that may be associated with improvements in pain and lumbar disability. Methods: Twenty-eight patients with a clinical diagnosis of sciatica were treated with neural mobilization, joint mobilisation and soft tissue techniques. Pain intensity and lumbar disability were assessed at baseline and after treatment using a Numerical Rating Scale (0-10) and the Oswestry Disability Index (0-100), respectively. The pre- and post-intervention data were compared.

Conditions

• Sciatica Pain
• Physical Therapy Modalities
• Manual Therapies
• Disability Evaluation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Physical therapy treatment	All patients underwent the same techniques, and there was no modification of the intervention protocol during the study: (1) Myofascial release technique - piriformis muscle and biceps femoral muscle; (2) Hip joint mobilization; (3) Cross-fiber friction over the sacroiliac joints; (4) Neural mobilization to improve sciatic nerve excursion.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-05-10
• Primary completion: 2010-11-10
• Completion: 2010-12-10
• First posted: 2018-09-10
• Last updated: 2018-09-10