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Ayurveda treatment for low back pain and pain radiating to leg

EFFECTIVENESS OF SWEDANAM (AN AYURVEDIC TREATMENT MODALITY) IN DISC-RELATED SCIATICA: A PILOT CLINICALTRIAL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2018/05/014210
Enrollment
60
Registered
2018-05-29
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: M472- Other spondylosis with radiculopathy Health Condition 2: null- pain radiating from the lower back or buttock into the leg

Interventions

Intervention1: Ayurveda treatment modality: Patients of both Group A and Group B were internally given amapachana kashayam for seven days, and mriduvirechanam with 20 ml Erandathailam for one day, the

Sponsors

Principal Government Ayurveda College
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: diagnosed with moderate to severe sciatica, according to the M-JOA criteria ( > 10 score)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participants were excluded if they suffer from serious life-threatening disease, major heart disease stroke blood vessel disease such as deep vein thrombosis major liver disorders like cirrhosis major kidney disorders like nephropathy psychotic patients. Participants will not be eligible if they are female and whether pregnant or lactating. The patients complicated with lumbar spinal canal stenosis and space-occupying lesions complicated with lumbar spine tumors, Infections Tuberculosis Who do not sign informed consent.

Design outcomes

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Maine-Seattle Back Questionnaire was used for the assessment of back specific functional status (Atlas et al., 2003; Grøvle et al., 2008).Timepoint: base line, one month

Primary

MeasureTime frame
M-JOA scale; known as the modified edition of JOA Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire (Chen et al., 2011; Fukui et al., 2007), visual analogue scale for pain(Wewers and Lowe, 1990) and Maine-Seattle Back Questionnaire was used for the assessment of back specific functional status (Atlas et al., 2003; Grøvle et al., 2008).Timepoint: base line and one month

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr V C Induleka

Government Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram

indudeepu78@gmail.com9446553068

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026