Efficacy of Manual Therapy and Sacroiliac Joint Injection in Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
Sacroiliac Joint Somatic Dysfunction
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Sacroiliac Joint Somatic Dysfunction focused on measuring Sacroiliac joint dysfunction, Manuel therapy, Sacroiliac joint injection
Eligibility Criteria
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)
Sites / Locations
- SBU,Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Manuel therapy and exercise group
Sacroiliac injection and exercise group
Patients in the manual therapy group will receive 5 sessions of sacroiliac joint manipulation once a week. And home exercises will be given and told. Each patient will do exercise 4 days a week for 4 weeks.
To patients in the injection group corticosteroid (1 ml 40 mg methylprednisolone) and local anesthetic (1 ml 1% lidocaine)will be injected into the sacroiliac joint using a 22 G spinal needle, guided by fluoroscopy (C-arm fluoroscopy). And home exercises will be given and told. Each patient will do exercise 4 days a week for 4 weeks.