None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The research project aims to investigate the effect of using a cold pack on any pain felt following an injection to the sacroiliac joint. We are also interested to see if the use of the cold pack changes any need for pain medications.
Interventions
Eligible subjects will be provided with a wearable and conformable gel ice pack to use post injection to the sacroiliac joint The provision of the ice pack and instructions in its use will be provided by the principal investigator, an experienced SEM Physician. The instructions for use will be provided immediatley following the injection and subjects will begin using it at this time. Following 1 hour of use a 30 minute break will be undertaken and then it will be re-applied. The ice pack will be
Eligible subjects will be provided with a wearable and conformable gel ice pack to use post injection to the sacroiliac joint The provision of the ice pack and instructions in its use will be provided by the principal investigator, an experienced SEM Physician. The instructions for use will be provided immediatley following the injection and subjects will begin using it at this time. Following 1 hour of use a 30 minute break will be undertaken and then it will be re-applied. The ice pack will be used in this manner up to 72 hours post injection. It will be removed for sleeping.
Sponsors
Univeristy of Notre Dame Australia
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
over age 18 and with the capacity to provide informed consent Patients undergoing pre-determined sacroiliac joint injection
Exclusion criteria
Inability to understand the Patient Consent and Information Form Prior reaction to the use of cold therapies
Outcome results
None listed