Clinical study for the treatment of sciatica with cupping
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M543- Sciatica
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/05/025305
- Lead Sponsor
- Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients Irrespective of the gander
Patients complaining of radiating shooting pain from back to anterior thigh muscles, posterior thigh muscles, buttock, calf muscle, posterolateral or anterolateral foot, ankle, and toe.
Difficulty in movement
Exclusion Criteria
Patients below 20 and above 65 years of age
Patients who fail to give consent
Traumatic, infective, neoplastic condition of the spine
Pregnant and lactating mothers
Any chronic systemic illness, such as chronic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, cardiac illness, pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, mental illnesses
Radiologically evident cases of spinal injury/deformity/disease, etc.
Blood dyscrasias
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Referred Pain, Stiffness, Movement and Pricking on 5 point likert scale <br/ ><br>Straight Leg Raising test on 0-4 grade <br/ ><br>Joints pain on 10 point VASTimepoint: Before and after the treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Clinical Assessment <br/ ><br>Pathological (CBC), Biochemical (LFT & RFT) investigations and X-Ray-LS AP view for Safety EvaluationTimepoint: Before and after the treatment