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A clinical study of effectiveness of pressure point stimulation (marma chikitsa) and agnikarma in the management of Ghridhrasi w.s.r. to Sciatica

Phase 2
Conditions
Health Condition 1: M489- Spondylopathy, unspecified
Registration Number
CTRI/2021/03/032305
Lead Sponsor
ational Institute of Ayurveda
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients will be diagnosed on the basis of signs and symptoms available in Ayurveda and

modern medicine.

2. Patients willing to undergo trial.

3. Patients free from systemic illness.

4. Ruka (pain), Toda (pricking pain), Stambh (stiffness), Spandana (twitching), Sakthanah

kshepam nigrahaniyat - S.L.R.(Striaght leg raised) test (Active) and Braggardâ??s test in

affected leg for diagnosis as well as prognosis of the treatment.

5. Local tenderness in lumbar region and affected lower limbs.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Not willing to undergo trial.

2. Patients having any previous surgical procedure of lumbo-sacral spine and pelvic caviy.

3. HIV, HBsAg positive patients.

4. Pregnancy.

5. Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus.

6. Patients having any history of Malignancy, Hypertension, Tuberculosis.

7. Cases of Spondylolisthesis, Sacroiliac arthritis, Herpes simplex infection causing radiating pain.

8. Any cyst compressing the nerve root, diabetic neuropathies.

9. Patients affected with multiple wounds, cases with destructed vertebral bodies &

fractures of the vertebra & lower limbs.

10. Contraindication of Agnikarma.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain Relief in GridhrasiTimepoint: 5 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To get improved life style of patients. <br/ ><br>To know the efficacy of Agnikarma and Marma chikitsa in Gridhrasi <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 5 weeks
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