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Treatment of the sacroiliac joint in patients with leg pain: a randomized-controlled trial

Visser, L.H.; Woudenberg, N.P.; de Bont, J.; van Eijs, F.; Verwer, K.; Jenniskens, H.; Den Oudsten, B.L.

European Spine Journal Official Publication of the European Spine Society the European Spinal Deformity Society and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society 22(10): 2310-2317

2013

ISSN/ISBN: 1432-0932
PMID: 23720124
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2833-2
Accession: 036914599
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The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) may be a cause of sciatica. The aim of this study was to assess which treatment is successful for SIJ-related back and leg pain. Using a single-blinded randomised trial, we assessed the short-term therapeutic efficacy of physiotherapy, manual therapy, and intra-articular injection with local corticosteroids in the SIJ in 51 patients with SIJ-related leg pain. The effect of the treatment was evaluated after 6 and 12 weeks. Of the 51 patients, 25 (56 %) were successfully treated. Physiotherapy was successful in 3 out of 15 patients (20 %), manual therapy in 13 of the 18 (72 %), and intra-articular injection in 9 of 18 (50 %) patients (p = 0.01). Manual therapy had a significantly better success rate than physiotherapy (p = 0.003). In this small single-blinded prospective study, manual therapy appeared to be the choice of treatment for patients with SIJ-related leg pain. A second choice of treatment to be considered is an intra-articular injection.

Treatment of the sacroiliac joint in patients with leg pain: a randomized-controlled trial

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