| Title |
Treatment of the sacroiliac joint in patients with leg pain: a randomized-controlled trial
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|---|---|
| Published in |
European Spine Journal, May 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00586-013-2833-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
L. H. Visser, N. P. Woudenberg, J. de Bont, F. van Eijs, K. Verwer, H. Jenniskens, B. L. Den Oudsten |
| Abstract |
The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) may be a cause of sciatica. The aim of this study was to assess which treatment is successful for SIJ-related back and leg pain. Using a single-blinded randomised trial, we assessed the short-term therapeutic efficacy of physiotherapy, manual therapy, and intra-articular injection with local corticosteroids in the SIJ in 51 patients with SIJ-related leg pain. The effect of the treatment was evaluated after 6 and 12 weeks. Of the 51 patients, 25 (56 %) were successfully treated. Physiotherapy was successful in 3 out of 15 patients (20 %), manual therapy in 13 of the 18 (72 %), and intra-articular injection in 9 of 18 (50 %) patients (p = 0.01). Manual therapy had a significantly better success rate than physiotherapy (p = 0.003). In this small single-blinded prospective study, manual therapy appeared to be the choice of treatment for patients with SIJ-related leg pain. A second choice of treatment to be considered is an intra-articular injection. |
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| Spain | 5 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 7% |
| United States | 2 | 7% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2 | 7% |
| Japan | 2 | 7% |
| Greece | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 14 | 48% |
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| Members of the public | 25 | 86% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 7% |
| Scientists | 2 | 7% |
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| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 225 | 97% |
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| Student > Master | 47 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 24 | 10% |
| Other | 23 | 10% |
| Researcher | 18 | 8% |
| Other | 42 | 18% |
| Unknown | 51 | 22% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 85 | 37% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 53 | 23% |
| Sports and Recreations | 14 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 10 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 12 | 5% |
| Unknown | 54 | 23% |
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