Health Condition 1: M00-M99- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1)Patients aged between 30-70 years of either gender 2)Patients with classical signs and symptoms of Asthikshaya like joint pain, backache, tenderness, general debility. 3)Patients of Osteopenia/Osteoporosis (FB83.1) diagnosed by BMD test with score less than -1to -4. 4)Patients willing to participate in study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1)Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis will be excluded. 2)Patients having uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, hypertension and known case of thyrotoxicosis, addisons disease, cushings syndrome, chronic renal disease, hepatic and cardiac failure. 3)Pregnant women and lactating mothers. 4)Patient with a history or evidence of metabolic bone disease eg.hyper or hypoparathyroidism, pagets disease, osteomalacia, renal osteodystrophy, osteogenesis imperfecta. 5)Patient with metastasis of bone who have undergone chemotherapy and radiotherapy. 6)Previous fragility fracture or replacement of both hips. 7)The presence of a prolonged immobility condition eg. spinal cord injury, parkinsons disease, stroke, muscular dystrophy, ankylosing spondylitis.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement in t score of BMDTimepoint: 90 days | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1)Improvement in symptoms of Asthikshaya. 2) Improvement in biomarker of bone turn over P1NP. 3) Improvement in the quality of life. Timepoint: 90 days | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda,Jamnagar