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

NCT ID: NCT03663842

Last Updated: 2018-09-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 44 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2010-05-10
• Study Completion Date: 2010-12-10

Brief 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

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Neural tissue management

Myofascial release technique; Hip joint mobilization technique; Cross-fiber friction over the sacroiliac joints; Neural mobilization to improve sciatic nerve excursion.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Physical therapy treatment

Intervention Type: OTHER

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.

Interventions

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.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Low back pain with radiating leg pain and/or paresthesia below the knee that follows the L5 and/or S1 dermatomal pattern.

Exclusion Criteria

• History of lumbar and abdominal surgery
• Rheumatologic syndromes (e.g. Rheumatoid arthritis);
• Lumbar stenosis.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Centro Universitário Augusto Motta

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Renato Almeida

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Renato Almeida, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Centro Universitário Augusto Motta

Other Identifiers

25/2010

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id