Effects of Muscle Energy Technique on Daily Activities and Lumbar Stiffness in Women With Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Study
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Ashraf Vaseghnia
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Azadeh Shadmehr
,
Behrouz Attarbashi Moghadam
,
Gholamreza Olyaei
,
Mohammad Reza Hadian
,
Zahra Khazaeipour
Abstract
Introduction: Lumbar stiffness is a common complaint of patients with low back pain. The Muscle Energy Technique (MET) is a common intervention to treat the spine and sacroiliac joint dysfunctions and their resulting disability in daily activities. This research aimed to evaluate the effects of MET on pain, functional disability, and lumbar stiffness of patients with sacroiliac joint dysfunctions by considering the type of dysfunction and the orientation of the correcting maneuver.
Materials and Methods: Fifty women with ant innominate or post innominate dysfunctions were recruited for the research and randomly divided into two groups (n=25). One group received one session of MET, and the other group received the sham position. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), lumbar Stiffness Disability Index (SDI) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) were used for the evaluation of the participants before, 24 hours after and one week after the intervention.
Results: According to the results, MET significantly decreased the mean range of VAS and ODI, 24 hours, and a week after the intervention (P<0.01). We did not see any significant difference in SDI values before, 24 hours, and one week after MET in the patients (P>0.01).
Conclusion: Applying MET regarding the kind of dysfunction may reduce the patient’s pain and disability.
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10. Reed WR, Pickar JG, Long CR. Effect of changing lumbar stiffness by single facet joint dysfunction on the responsiveness of lumbar muscle spindles to vertebral movement. The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association. 2014; 58(2):160.
11. Brodke DS, Goz V, Lawrence BD, Spiker WR, Neese A, Hung M. Oswestry disability index: A psychometric analysis with 1,610 patients. Spine Journal. 2017; 17(3):321-7. [DOI:10.1016/j.spinee.2016.09.020] [PMID]
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22. Dale S. Manual therapy effects on low back pain. Illinois: Illinois State University; 2016.
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Vaseghnia A, Shadmehr A, Attarbashi Moghadam B, Olyaei G, Hadian MR, Khazaeipour Z. Effects of Muscle Energy Technique on Daily Activities and Lumbar Stiffness in Women With Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Study. jmr. 2019;13(1):23-30.
