Effects of Soft Tissue Mobilization Technique and Piriformis Muscle Stretching Among Patients Having Piriformis Syndrome

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05680402

Enrollment

Registered

2023-01-11

Start date

2022-10-02

Completion date

2022-12-26

Last updated

2023-01-11

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Conditions

Piriformis Syndrome

Brief summary

It is a randomized control trail in which soft tissue mobilization and piriformis stretching will be compared and study duration will be of five months

Detailed description

Piriformis syndrome is one of the misdiagnosed syndromes and there is no evidence available for the proper diagnosis of this syndrome. Several interventions have been adopted in the clinical setting for improvement of piriformis syndrome including therapeutic ultrasound, myofascial release, stretching, dry needling, strengthening exercises of hip muscles and activity modification. There are several treatments available for this syndrome but no comparison studies have been reported yet on soft tissue mobilization and piriformis muscle stretching. The purpose for conducting this research is to assist in establishing the effectiveness of soft tissue mobilization technique and piriformis muscle stretching in piriformis syndrome by comparison between two abovementioned treatments

Interventions

OTHERSoft Tissue mobilization

mobilization of soft tissues of body

OTHERPiriformis Syndrome (Piriformis muscle stretching)

Stretching of Piriformis muscle

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Masking description

Single Blind RCT in which only participants will not know about the type of treatment undergoing

Intervention model description

Randomized Control Clinical Trial in which group 1 will be of experimental group and group 2 will be of control group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

25 Years to 45 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Males and females with age between 25 and 45 years * Patients with positive piriformis test * Pain at least 3 according to numeric pain rating scale (NPRS)

Exclusion criteria

* History of hip pain due to any diagnosed hip pathology * Leg length discrepancy * Past history of spinal surgery * Spinal tuberculosis * Rheumatoid disease,

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Numeric Pain Rating Scale	1 week	Zero means non pain and 10 Means worst type of pain
Modified Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) questionnaire	1 Week	A score of 0-20 reflects minimal disability, 21-40 moderate disability, 41-60 severe disability, 61-80 crippled, and 81-100 bed-bound

Countries

Pakistan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026