NCT06366971

The Effect of Pelvic Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Techniques in Patients With Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: Biruni University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The sacroiliac joint dysfunction (SIJD) which has a widely heterogeneous etiology, may cause impairment of stability, mobility, posture and flexibility as well as pain due to adaptive or pathological biomechanical changes. In 2020, the number of patients with low back pain (LBP) worldwide was more than half a billion and is expected to exceed 800 million by 2050. Although SIJD has been shown to be related with LBP in more than 30% of patients with LBP, SIJD is still often overlooked as a cause of LBP. Once the diagnosis of SIJD is confirmed by physical examination, the first treatment option consists of the use of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug or physiotherapy approaches. The proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) is a neurophysiological model-based multifaceted exercise method which is widely used in rehabilitation practice. However, despite the major role of SIJD among the causes of LBP, there are limited studies investigating the efficacy of PNF in SIJD and its effectiveness remains unclear. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of pelvic PNF techniques on pain, mobility, flexibility, lumbar range of motion, posture, and trunk muscle endurance in patients with SIJD.

Conditions

• Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	The Patient Education	The patient education will be given through a brochure and the content of the education included an exercise training consisting of simple exercises for lumbar stabilization (supine bridge, cat-camel, and lumbar stretching) and the participants will be asked to perform these exercises in 3 sets of 10 repetitions 3 days a week for 6-weeks.
OTHER	The Pelvic Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Techniques Training	The content of the pelvic proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation techniques training will include the application of the anterior depression pattern with the rhythmic initiation technique and the application of the posterior elevation pattern with the contract-relax stretch technique. All PNF techniques will be performed in 3 sets of 10 to 12 repetitions. The pelvic proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation techniques training will be delivered face to face 3 days a week for 6 weeks by an experienced and trained physiotherapist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-01
• Primary completion: 2024-03-31
• Completion: 2024-03-31
• First posted: 2024-04-16
• Last updated: 2024-04-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)