Injection Treatment of Corticosteroid to Pelvic Ligament Insertions on Women With Longlasting Backpain After Pregnancy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

To evaluate the pain relief effect of locally injected corticosteroid treatment in women with long-lasting low back pain beginning in pregnancy. We hypothesize that the insertion of the sacrospinous ligament on the ischial spine would be a source of pain and therefore be a target for therapy.

Primary outcome measure is reported pain intensity on visual analogue scale and secondary outcome measures number of pain-drawing locations, pain-provoking test results and tests of function.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Sundsvall Hospital
• Treatments: Pharmaceutical Solutions; Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• reported ongoing pain in the sacral region with onset during pregnancy with six months to seven years duration after delivery

• reported pain intensity at present between 30 and 50 mm on a 100 mm horizontal visual analogue scale (VAS)

• at least one positive pain provocation test out of three and pain elicited on internal palpation at the ischial spine at least unilaterally.

Exclusion Criteria:

• on-going low back pain with onset before pregnancy

• previous back surgery

• positive straight leg-raising test

• loss of tendinous reflex in the legs