The effect of dry needling technique on walking in subjects with piriformis syndrome
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Recruiting
- Conditions
- piriformis syndrome.Injury of sciatic nerve at hip and thigh level
- Registration Number
- IRCT20151026024729N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
buttock pain or radicular pain of sciatic nerve
increase symptoms with sitting
tenderness in piriformis muscle
increase symptoms with tension-generated maneuver
Exclusion Criteria
contraindication of dry needling
history of vertebral or lower extremity surgery
pregnancy
hip arthritis or pain
lumbar discopathy or instability
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: Before first intervention, 72 hours and 7th days after the last treatment session. Method of measurement: visual analog scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ower extremity kinematic. Timepoint: before first intervention and 72 hours after last treatment session. Method of measurement: motion analysis instrument.;Pain pressure threshold. Timepoint: Before first intervention, 72 hours and 7th days after the last treatment session. Method of measurement: algometery.;Disability. Timepoint: Before first intervention, 72 hours and 7th days after the last treatment session. Method of measurement: oswestry questionnaire.;Internal and external range of motion of hip joint. Timepoint: Before first intervention, 72 hours and 7th days after the last treatment session. Method of measurement: by goniometry.