Integrative Ayurveda Healing Relieves Minor Sports Injury Pain
- Conditions
- Sports InjuryAcute Pain
- Interventions
- Device: PlaceboDevice: Ayurveda
- Registration Number
- NCT02380989
- Lead Sponsor
- Adwin Life Care
- Brief Summary
Sports-related soft tissue injuries, such as sprains, strains, and contusions, are a common painful condition. Current treatment includes oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which have a high incidence of intolerable gastrointestinal side effects.
Ancient Indian healing system, Ayurveda addresses the need of sports medicine up to certain extent. In practice, there are different treatment modalities for injuries, uses of drugs \& dietetics as well as practices of rehabilitation. Although, previous evidences support the efficacy of ayurveda practices with significant reduction in pain, joint tenderness, joint swelling, mobility restriction and early morning joint stiffness. But there is no treatment studies have been performed to evaluate the clinical outcome for specific sports injuries.
This study assessed the efficacy and safety of ayurveda gel and patches applied to the painful injury site for the treatment of acute minor sports injury pain.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 210
- inversion ankle injury;
- injury sustained during sporting activity
- other lower limb injury;
- concurrent fracture with or without dislocation or with or without complete rupture;
- surgery for ankle injury.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Placebo Placebo - Ayurveda Ayurveda -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in Pain intensity (VAS) baseline to 3, 7 and 14 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (3)
Khatri educational trust
🇮🇳Satnali, Hariyana, India
GyanSanjeevani
🇮🇳Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
NMP Medical Research Institute
🇮🇳Mahesana, Gujarat, India