The Effectiveness of Gluteus Maximus Activation and Kinesio Taping along with Muscle Energy Technique on Pain, Alignment and Functional Activities in Subject with Anterior Innominate Rotation Dysfunction

The Effectiveness of Gluteus Maximus Activation and Kinesio Taping along with Muscle Energy Technique on Pain, Alignment and Functional Activities in Subject with Anterior Innominate Rotation Dysfunction

Forty-five patients with anterior innominate rotation were divided into three groups (gluteus maximus exercises, kinesio tape and control) in a simple random manner using a sealed envelope. The study is single blinded with parallel groups.

This single blinded study (data analyst) will be conducted in the physiotherapy clinic of the rehabilitation faculty of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and the participants will be randomly divided into three groups (two intervention groups and a control group) and will be evaluated before and after the intervention (after six sessions).

Inclusion criteria: Age between 18-50 years old, chronic sacroiliac joint dysfunction as diagnosed by at least three positive tests out of the five specific orthopedic sacroiliac provocation tests. Participants who are taking analgesic medication (e.g., Ibuprofen, Paracetamol) will be included following a three day wash out period. Exclusion criteria: Absolute contraindications to spinal manipulative therapy (i.e., abdominal aortic aneurysm, disc prolapse, fractures, osteoporosis, dislocation, bone tumors and bone infections and/or kinesio taping (malignancy, cellulitis, skin infections and open wounds, and deep vein thrombosis). Low back pain due to a history of trauma and radiculopathy.

Both intervention groups will receive muscle energy techniques. One of the intervention groups receives gluteus maximus exercises and the other receives kinesio tape. The control group will only receive muscle energy techniques.

Pain, Alignment, Functional impairment, Balance

After the initial evaluation, the patients are randomly placed in one of the three intervention 1, intervention 2 and control groups (randomization method: block of six, unit: cluster). The randomization process will be done by an independent person and each of the numbers assigned to the participants through the software (randomization tool: Random Allocation software with a block of six and equal allocation ratio for three groups), they are placed inside a sealed envelope and the patients receive this envelope from the clinic secretary who is not aware of the evaluation processes and etc.

As mentioned above, the study will be single-blinded. In this way, the participants know in which group they are, also the therapist, who is the person who performs the intervention and evaluates the outcome measures, knows in which group the participants are. But the person responsible for analyzing the data is unaware of which of the study groups the data belongs to.

All data is potentially shareable after unidentified individuals.

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