About this trial
The current study will try to answer the following research question:
In adults with sacroiliac joint dysfunction, what is the effect of combination LD strengthening exercises with gluteal strengthening exercises compared with gluteal strengthening exercises alone on the primary outcomes of this study (pain intensity during pressure on posterior superior iliac spine \[PSIS\] and neuropathic pain severity) and the secondary outcomes (disability, pelvic inclination, pelvic torsion, sacral inclination, GMax and LD strength)?
Participants will be devided equally into two groups:
1. Group A (Control group): will receive a gluteal strengthening exercise program. 2. Group B (Intervention group): will receive the same gluteal strengthening exercise program as group A, in addition to the LD strengthening exercise program.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patient with clinical diagnosis of low back pain because of SIJD.
Age between 35-55 years old.
Numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) score of less than 8
moderate disability score ranging from 5-14 on the Arabic version of Roland-Arabic Disability Questionnaire (ArRMDQ).
Disqualifiers
Patients with any previous fractures or surgery in the lumbosacral or pelvic region before the study.
Pregnancy and lactation during study.
Radicular pain or radiculopathy.
Spinal pathology.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Gluteal strengthening exercise program
- Gluteal strengthening combined with LD strengthening exercise program