None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Selected patients with signs of pudendal neuralia and low back pain treated with physiotherapy consisting of mobilisation and exercises directed to the lumbar pelvic region.
Interventions
(a) 1. Mobilisation Techniques - A manual technique to mobilise/stretch the sacro-iliac joint applied by therapist.
2. Posture Awareness - the patient is instructed how to maintain the correct lumbar curvature posture while sitting at PC, driving etc.
3. Exercise - the patient is instructed by the therapist to perform 5 exercises designed to gain mobility of the sacro-iliac joint and to gain strength of the muscles which control the joint.
b) The intervention is administered unti
(a) 1. Mobilisation Techniques - A manual technique to mobilise/stretch the sacro-iliac joint applied by therapist. 2. Posture Awareness - the patient is instructed how to maintain the correct lumbar curvature posture while sitting at PC, driving etc. 3. Exercise - the patient is instructed by the therapist to perform 5 exercises designed to gain mobility of the sacro-iliac joint and to gain strength of the muscles which control the joint. b) The intervention is administered until symptoms are reduced (or not). The average number of treatments is four interventions. Generally those will be administered twice a week for as many weeks as necessary. c) The longest duration of treatment of any particular patient was three months - the minimum was one session. The duration of each intervention session was an hour.
Sponsors
Peter Dornan
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
0 to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
The signs, symptoms and history must fulfill the criteria for the definition of Pudendal Neuralgia
Exclusion criteria
Urological diagnosis - such as prostadynia. It means anybody with a urological diagnosis would be excluded. For instance, prostadynia could be aurological diagnosis - but pain in the prostate area could be caused by pudendal neuralgia.
Outcome results
None listed