a study on Siddha diagnostic term of Vathakannagam

Recruiting

• Conditions: UNSTEADYNESS DURING WALING, CLIMBING UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS, LATERALLY SLIPPING DURING WALKING,WEEKNESS IN WHOLE BODY AND WIDE BASED GAIT

• Registration Number: CTRI/2017/07/009003
• Lead Sponsor: National Institute of Siddha

Brief Summary

Siddha medicine is one of the ancient system of medicine. According to Siddha system of medicine Vathakannagam comes under Vatha diseases. Vathakannagam has been discribed by sage yugi in his text of Yugi Vaidya Chindamani. This may be include unsteadiness during walking, climbing up and down the stairs due to motor incoordination. Laterally slipping during walking, weakness in whole body and wide based gait. Vathakannagam closely resembles the condition cerebellar ataxia in modern medicine.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-04-17
• Last Update Posted: 2017-05-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Open to Recruitment
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

Unsteadiness during walking, climbing up and dowm the stairs, laterally slipping during walking, weakness in whole body and wide gait.

Exclusion Criteria

Parkinsonism Stroke Alcoholism Hypothyroidism Multiple sclerosis.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Establishing the relevance / correlation Sage Yugi symptomatology with that of modern concept of Cerebellar ataxia	Establishing the relevance / correlation Sage Yugi symptomatology with that of modern concept of Cerebellar ataxia

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Arriving at concepts of the Siddha pathophysiology of Vaatha Kannagam	Finalizing the line of treatment, dietary regimen for Vaatha Kannagam

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Institute of Siddha; 🇮🇳 Chennai, TAMIL NADU, India

National Institute of Siddha

🇮🇳Chennai, TAMIL NADU, India

Princy B

Principal investigator

9585164627

drprincyjan@gmail.com