scholarly journals Effects of Muscle Energy Technique on Daily Activities and Lumbar Stiffness in Women With Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Study

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Ashraf Vaseghnia ◽  
Azadeh Shadmehr ◽  
Behrouz Attarbashi Moghadam ◽  
Gholamreza Olyaei ◽  
Mohammad Reza Hadian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Sacroiliac Joint ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Controlled Clinical Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction ◽  
Muscle Energy Technique ◽  
Muscle Energy

scholarly journals Effects of Muscle Energy Technique on Daily Activities and Lumbar Stiffness in Women With Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashraf Vaseghnia ◽  
Azadeh Shadmehr ◽  
Behrouz Attarbashi Moghadam ◽  
Gholamreza Olyaei ◽  
Mohammad Reza Hadian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sacroiliac Joint ◽  
Functional Disability ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Controlled Clinical Trial ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Muscle Energy Technique ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Muscle Energy

Introduction: Lumbar stiffness is a common complaint of patients with low back pain. The Muscle Energy Technique (MET) is a common intervention to treat the spine and sacroiliac joint dysfunctions and their resulting disability in daily activities. This research aimed to evaluate the effects of MET on pain, functional disability, and lumbar stiffness of patients with sacroiliac joint dysfunctions by considering the type of dysfunction and the orientation of the correcting maneuver. Materials and Methods: Fifty women with ant innominate or post innominate dysfunctions were recruited for the research and randomly divided into two groups (n=25). One group received one session of MET, and the other group received the sham position. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), lumbar Stiffness Disability Index (SDI) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) were used for the evaluation of the participants before, 24 hours after and one week after the intervention. Results: According to the results, MET significantly decreased the mean range of VAS and ODI, 24 hours, and a week after the intervention (P<0.01). We did not see any significant difference in SDI values before, 24 hours, and one week after MET in the patients (P>0.01). Conclusion: Applying MET regarding the kind of dysfunction may reduce the patient’s pain and disability.

Comparision of two fluoride varnishes for controlling white spot lesions. Randomized clinical trial

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Alberto Luengo - Fereira
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Randomized Clinical Trial ◽  
White Spot ◽  
Controlled Clinical Trial ◽  
White Spot Lesions ◽  
Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Anterior Teeth ◽  
The Mean

Objective: To compare two fluorinated varnishes for the control of white spot lesions.Material and Methods: A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted. A total of 103 active whitespot lesions on permanent upper anterior teeth from 24 patients, aged 7 to 9 years were randomly assigned totwo groups, G1: Duraphat® (n=52) and G2: DuraShield® (n=51). Weekly applications were perform for fourconsecutive weeks. Fifth week the dimension, regression and activity of the lesions were evaluated. Student’sT test, Wilcoxon Ranks and Chi square were used at 5% significance. Results: At the end of the study, the lesion reduction was observed in 69.7%, finding significant differences(p<0.05) in the mean of the initial and final dimensions in general (2.74 mm to 1.91 mm) and in each group, G1(2.84 mm to 2.03 mm), G2 (2.64 mm to 1.78 mm). In the activity of the lesions, it was found in the G1, 12 active and6 inactive lesions; while in G2, there were 14 active and 29 inactive; these differences were significant (p<0.05). Conclusions: The two evaluated products showed similar clinical efficacy in the remineralization of activewhite spot lesions after 4 weeks of therapy.

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