The Effect of Core Stability Exercises on Pain and Inflammation of Patients With Piriformis Syndrome

Background and Aim Sciatica is one of the most common diseases peripheral nervous system may be caused by pressure on sciatic nerve. Due to fact that piriformis muscle located near nerve, spasm put nerve cause sciatica consequently syndrome. The present study aims investigate effect core stability exercises pain inflammation patients with Methods & Materials This a randomized clinical trial. population consists all syndrome referred medical centers in Arak, Iran from. Of these, 20 were purposefully selected randomly divided into two groups control (n=10) exercise (n=10). group performed for 6 weeks, while continued their normal life during this period. To examine differences between groups, t-test, Chi-Square test, McNemar’s test used. significance level was set at 0.05. Ethical Considerations approved Ethics Committee Arak University Medical Sciences (Code: IR.ARAKMU.REC.1400.157) registered Iranian Registry Clinical Trials (ID: IRCT20211003052662N1). Informed consent obtained from participants. Results Mean score decreased 95.2 90.7 after exercise, which not statistically significant (P=0.562). In group, mean 91.7 33.4, decrease (P=0.0); Therefore, 95% confidence interval, we can say had (P<0.05). number inflamed 10 pre-test phase 8 post-test phase, but (P=0.5). it reduced 2, (P=0.008); Conclusion Core reduce These used treatment these patients.