NCT07322185

Comparative Effects of Stecco-fascial Manipulation and Rolfing Structural Integration in Patients With Piriformis Syndrome

COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF STECCO-FASCIAL MANIPULATION AND ROLFING STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION IN PATIENTS WITH PIRIFORMIS SYNDROME; A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Danyal Ahmad · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to compare the effectiveness of Stecco Fascial Manipulation and Rolfing Structural Integration in treating Piriformis syndrome, focusing on special outcomes like pain severity and functional outcomes. comparison will be done to check the effectiveness of Stecco-fascial Manipulation and Rolfing Structural Integration on patients of both groups. participants will: 1. get the treatment according to their respective groups 2. Both groups were given 4 sessions for 4 weeks.

Detailed description

This study will be a randomized clinical trial with a sample size of 42 participants as calculated with g power tool with 5% of attrition added. Subjects will be obtained by non- probability convenient sampling based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Participants will be randomly assigned into two groups, 21 subjects in each group. The group A will receive the stecco fascial manipulation along with the conventional therapy while group B will receive the rolfing structural integration along with conventional therapy. The conventional physiotherapy protocol will include TENS applied with a Hot- pack for 10 minutes that will be followed by piriformis stretch.The data analysis will be done by IBM SPSS 26.0 version. To check the normality Shaprio- Wilk test will be used.

Conditions

• Piriformis Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Experimental: GROUP A ( Stecco fascial Manipulation)	Stecco-fascial manipulation primary reduces pain, improves range of motion, restores normal muscle recruitment link in myofascial sequences, facilitates healing by improving microcirculation and lymphatic drainage.
OTHER	Experimental: GROUP B (Rolfing Structural Integration)	Rolfing structural integration improves posture, reduces pain, lengthens fascial planes and enhances the movement efficiency. This research will determine which approach is more effective in treating the patient with piriformis syndrome.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-03-01
• Primary completion: 2026-03-30
• Completion: 2026-06-30
• First posted: 2026-01-07
• Last updated: 2026-01-07

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Pakistan