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29.Comparative Effects of Stabilization Exercises and Muscle Energy Techniques on Pain and Disability in Patients with Sacroiliac Joint Pain

Sana Tahir1, Samrood Akram1, Muhammad Yawar Azeem Khan1, Amna Taufiq2, Ayesha Iqbal1 and Naveed Anwar2

ABSTRACT

Objective: To compare the effects of stabilization exercises and muscle energy techniques on pain and disability in patients with sacroiliac joint pain.

Study Design: A randomized clinical trial study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Ibn e Siena Hospital and Bakhtawar Amin Hospital, Multan from March 2022 to August 2022.

Materials and Methods: Sample size of 34 patients with the age ranging from 30 to 50 years having sacroiliac joint pain, recruited through consecutive sampling. All were randomly allocated through simple random sealed opaque enveloped method into two groups; Group A was treated with Stabilization exercises and Group B was treated with Muscle energy techniques (METs). The intervention was applied for 4 weeks received (12 sessions of treatment with 3 sessions per week). Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and the Modified Oswestry Disability Index (MODI) were used for assessing the impact of the treatment at the beginning and after 4 weeks of treatment. Analysis was done using SPSS version 25 and t-tests were applied.

Results: Participants n=34 were split into Group A (Stabilization Ex.) and Group B (METs) randomly with Group A’s mean age was 40.23 and standard deviation was 6.33 and for Group B was 38.76 and standard deviation was 5.80. The mean values of the NPRS and MODI scores before and after treatment differed significantly with p value < 0.05 in both study groups.

Conclusion: This study concluded that both treatment groups i.e., stabilization exercises and muscle energy technique were effective in reducing pain and disability among sacroiliac pain patients. However, muscle energy technique was more effective in comparison to stabilization exercises.

Key Words: Pain, Disability, Exercise therapy, Sacroiliac joint

Citation of article: Tahir S, Akram S, Khan MYA, Taufiq A, Iqbal A, Anwar N. Comparative Effects of Stabilization Exercises and Muscle Energy Techniques on Pain and Disability in Patients with Sacroiliac Joint Pain. Med Forum 2022;33(11):124-129.