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19th International Conference on
Obesity, Healthcare - Nutrition & Fitness
March 18 - 19, 2019 | New York, USA
Evaluation of a new
therapeutic sacroiliac
joint manipulation
technique for patients
with sacroiliac joint
dysfunction
Ujitha Bandara
Sri Lanka
Purpose: The sacroiliac joint
(SIJ) can be a cause of low back
pain and sciatica. The aim of
this study was to assess and
introduce a new physiotherapy
manipulation intervention for
SIJ-related back and leg pain.
Methods: As a double-blinded,
randomized trial, we evaluated
the short-term therapeutic
ef cacy of a new intervention
therapy against the current
traditional practice. In this
study, 60 patients with SIJ-
related leg and back pain
were studied. Following the
initial assessment of each
patient with respect to their
perception of pain and quality
of life (QOL), the effect of the
treatment was evaluated.
Using the visual analog scale,
the perception of pain was
assessed before and after the
1st, 2nd and 5th day (3rdday)
of treatment. The instrument
used for evaluation of the
quality of life was SF-36. At the
outset of the study, QOL status
was determined using this
instrument. After the course
of treatment by the assigned
treatment method, each
patient was reassessed using
the SF-36 at the 5th week
following a lapse of the 4week
treatment-free period. Except
for having to drop out one
patient for his failure to keep
to the appointment, another
59 patients were treated
successfully.
Results: The results show
that the effect is highly
significant at α=0.001(CI
4.3+0.7) for pain reduction
and α=0.001(CI 1447.5+24.2)
for QOL improvement. Of the
59 patients, 100% (n=30) have
recovered from pain with the
new treatment after the 3rd
visit, while the recovery rate
among patients who received
the traditional treatment is
6.8% (n=29) after the 3rd visit.
Conclusion: In this double-
blinded intervention study,
the new manual therapy
technique appeared to be
the choice of treatment
and more beneficial to the
patients with back pain due to
sacroiliac dysfunction than the
traditional treatment. Further
study to investigate its benefits
with a larger population should
be encouraged.
JOURNAL OF OBESITY &WEIGHT LOSS THERAPY 2019, VOLUME: 4 | DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C2-094 ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS