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Effects of Silver Spike Point Therapy on Pelvic Girdle Pain PAIN

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Pelvic Girdle Pain
Interventions
Device: Silver Spike Point Therapy (SSPT)
Other: Conservative Managment
Registration Number
NCT05355220
Lead Sponsor
Riphah International University
Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effects of Silver Spike Point Therapy (SSPT) therapy on pelvic girdle pain and functional activities in pregnancy.The finding of this study will help to establish the role of SSPT therapy to relieve pelvic girdle pain in pregnant females along with exercises. SSP for pelvic girdle pain management can prove to be a useful method. The findings of this study can play a role to establish more rigorous treatment plans for pelvic girdle pain in the pregnant population in the future.

Detailed Description

This study will be a randomized clinical trial that will investigate the effectiveness of silver spike point therapy and manual therapy in subjects with pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain. Subjects with pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain meeting the predetermined inclusion \& exclusion criteria will be divided into two groups using the lottery method. Pre-assessment will be done using NPRS and PGPQ as subjective measurements and PSFS as objective measurements. Subjects in one group will be treated with silver spike point therapy and manual therapy, the other will be treated with manual therapy only. Each subject will receive 10 treatment sessions, with 05 treatment sessions per week. Post-treatment reading for NPRS, PGPQ, and PSFS will be recorded after the end of the 10th treatment session. Recorded values will be analyzed for any significant difference between pre and post-treatment values SPSS 21.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
26
Inclusion Criteria
  • Female aged between 20 to 40 years of age
  • Healthy pregnancy
  • 14 to 38 weeks gestation
  • Expecting a singleton fetus
  • 2 out of 3 tests positive for PGP according to European guidelines for
  • pelvic girdle pain"(Posterior pelvic pain provocation (P4), Patrick's Faber, Modified Trendelenburg's test)
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Exclusion Criteria
  • High-risk pregnancy, Caudaequina Syndrome, Trauma, or spinal surgical history.
  • Inflammatory, infective, metabolic, neoplastic, or degenerative conditions.
  • Sensory symptoms associated with disc herniation or compressive spinal lesion.
  • Any contraindication to exercise.
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
silver spike point Therapy GroupSilver Spike Point Therapy (SSPT)One group will receive electrotherapy (silver spike point) for 10 mints along with conservative managment
Conservative treatment groupConservative Managment2nd group will receive strengthening, stretching and stabilization exercises for prlvic girlde
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS):2 weeks

Pain intensity is frequently measured on an 11-point pain intensity numerical rating scale (PI- NRS), where 0=no pain and 10=worst possible pain. However, it is difficult to interpret the clinical importance of changes from baseline on this scale (such as a 1- or 2-point change)

Pelvic Girdle Pain Questionnaire (PGPQ):2 weeks

The Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire (PGQ) is a condition-specific measure for women with pelvic girdle pain (PGP). The PGQ includes items relating to activity/participation and bodily symptoms and has reliability, validity, and feasibility for use in research and clinical practice

Patient specific Functional Scale (PSFS)2 weeks

Patient Specific Functional Scale was developed by Stratford et al 1995 as a self-report outcome measure of function that could be used in patients with varying levels of independence. The aim of PSFS is to provide clinicians with a valid, reliable, responsive andefficient outcome measure that would be easy

to use and applicable to a large number of clinical presentations. Patient- Specific Functional Scale is an efficient and valid measure for assessing

disability and change in disability in persons with musculoskeletal diseases

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hamza Hospital,

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Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

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