Kinesio Taping With &Without Craniosacral Therapy in Pregnant Females With SIJ Dysfunction.

Effect of Kinesio Taping With and Without Craniosacral Therapy on Pain, Disability, and Quality of Life in Pregnent Female With Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05811325

Enrollment

Registered

2023-04-13

Start date

2022-02-11

Completion date

2023-01-30

Last updated

2023-04-13

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Conditions

Sacral Disorder

Keywords

Sacro-iliac dysfunction

Brief summary

SIJ dysfunction adversely affects quality of life and causes functional impairment and disability. Although, K taping and craniosacral therapy were previously affective in treating SI joint dysfunction, the combined affects of these intervention have not been compared previously to K taping alone.

Detailed description

This study is a randomized controlled trial and have 30 pregnant women suffering from SIJH dysfunction. There is 2 groups and both have received treatment for 6 weeks. The data on pain is collected through VAS and the data on disability is collected through Oswestry Disability Index, and data on quality of life will be collected using SF-36. Measurements will be taken at the beginning of the study and at the end of the 4th week, at the completion of the study. Data will be analyzed using SPSS.

Interventions

OTHERkinesiotaping without craniosacral therapy

The first treatment group will receive kinesio taping for 6 weeks atleast 4 times per week

OTHERkinesiotaping with craniosacral therapy

The second treatment group will receive kinesio taping with craniosacral therapy for 6 weeks atleast 4 times per week with each session lasting for 60 minutes

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 35 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* age between 18-35 * pregnant females in 3rd trimester * pregnant females with SIJ dysfunction

Exclusion criteria

* high risk pregnancy * pregnant females with hypermobility syndrome * previous pelvic history

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE	6 WEEKS	This scale is used to assess pain.
Oswestry Disability Index	4 weeks	it is used to measure disability.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
SF-36	4 weeks	Data on quality of life is measured by this scale.

Countries

Pakistan

Outcome results

None listed

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