A study to find out the differences in the treatments of low back pain with radiating pain to leg among 3 doctors in Amrita school of Ayurveda

Phase 1

Recruiting

• Conditions: sciatica

• Registration Number: CTRI/2018/04/013048
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Ajisha DH

Brief Summary

Sciatica is a condition where there is distribution of pain along the course of sciaticnerve, i.e, which the pain radiates from the low back to buttock and legs.Sciatica of contemporary medical science is closely equivalent to Gridhrasi byits similarity in the course of pain.

On considering sciaticaas an independent disease it is a relatively common condition with lifetimeincidences varying from 1.6%-43%. The chance of Sciatica is expected toincrease in the upcoming years due to sedentary life style, the increased useof computerization and also due to increasing body weight, mental stress, hecticwork schedules and transportation methods.

Ayurveda treatment claims high success rate inSciatica. Even though the symptoms exhibited by the patients are same,treatment protocol changes from physicians to physician may be based on logicin assessing dosha and dushya.

So the aim of the study is  to find out the converging and divergingfactors in the treatment protocol of Sciatica among the physicians.

20patients each of 3 physicians in Panchakarma IPD of Amrita school of ayurveda,suffering from  sciatica will be selectedand the treatment and condition will be observed. Later convergence anddivergence will be recorded. After analyzing all these the overall convergenceand divergence can be listed out with the logic behind it.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 2018-04-04
• Study Start: 2018-09-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Open to Recruitment
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• •Patients who are diagnosed by the physicians as Gridhrasi and assessed by a Physiotherapist being ≥70% confident of a diagnosis of sciatica.
• •Patients with signs and symptoms of Sciatica mentioned in ICD 10.

Exclusion Criteria

1)Patients who are diagnosed by Physician as Gridhrasi and the Physiotherapist is not confident enough to diagnose as Sciatica 2)Known case of neoplasm, bone TB, fracture of spine, malignancy, uncontrolled diabetes and uncontrolled hypertension.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
convergence and divergence in the treatment protocol of sciatica	After each set of treatments and follow up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
divergence in the treatment protocol of sciatica	6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Amrita school of ayurveda; 🇮🇳 Kollam, KERALA, India

Amrita school of ayurveda

🇮🇳Kollam, KERALA, India

Ajisha D H

Principal investigator

9495521660

drajisha13jan@gmail.com