To Compare the Effect of Neural Mobilization with Hot Fomentation Vs TENS with Hot Fomentation in Sciatica

Abstract

Introduction: Sciatica can significantly impair a person's quality of life and is typified by acute pain and paresthesias in the sciatic nerve distribution or related lumbosacral nerve root. It is more of a symptom than a specific diagnosis.

Need Of Study:

Although various studies has been done using neural mobilisation, hot fomentation and TENS in treating patients with sciatica but none has done the comparative study between these ,so by the study which I will be doing ,I want to see if the combination therapy works effectively or not.

Methodology: 30 patients with acute sciatica who will be willing to take treatment for four weeks session after a written consent will be taken .15 patients will be included in group first and 15 in group second.Simple random sampling is applied and 30 patients are divided into two groups.15 patients will be selected randomly and will be included in group first and 15 patients in the other group.The study was conducted in Shri Mahant Indresh Hospital , Patel nagar, Dehradun.The duration of study was of 12 weeks. Each group’s patients are called alternately 3days / week.

Conclusion: The mean difference in group A is more and in group B is less which indicates better results in group A which is given neural mobilization with hot fomentation as a treatment protocol.The post mean in group A is found to be much less than in group B indicating better recovery in the prior group.Further,the t values in group A is found to be more than in group B indicating more difference in pre and post treatment means as well as better result.