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Physiotherapy Protocol in Treating Chronic Rhinosinusitis

NCT05442606 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2023-10-26

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Summary

This study aims to investigate the effect of adding of integrated physiotherapy program to the conservative medical therapy on quality of life and pressure pain threshold (PPT) in chronic rhinosinusitis patients. Patients in this study will be randomly assigned into 2 groups. Group A (control group) will receive conservative medical treatment only which prescribed by Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist, while group B (experimental group) will receive the conservative medical treatment prescribed by ENT specialist in addition to physiotherapy program. Quality of Life (QoL) will be evaluated by Rhinosinusitis Disability Index (RSDI) and PPT will be evaluated by digital algometer at the baseline and immediately after the end of tenth session of treatment for both groups.

Conditions

  • Rhinosinusitis

Interventions

OTHER

Ultrasound Therapy

Using an Enraf Nonius Sonoplus 490 from the Netherlands, the patients were asked to lie supine while the therapist stood at the level of the patient's head. The patients received pulsed (duty cycle 50%) US therapy with intensities of 1 and 0.5 W/cm2 for maxillary and frontal sinus, respectively, and a collimating beam frequency of 1MHz. To deliver US to the treatment area, a small probe US applicator (0.8 cm2) with an effective radiating area (ERA) of 0.6 cm2 and a beam non-uniformity ratio (BNR) of 6:1 was used. The skin around the cheeks was used for the maxillary sinus and the forehead for the frontal sinus. Between the applicator and the skin, ultrasound transmission gel was employed, and a full contact technique in slow circular motion was used for 5 minutes over the maxillary sinuses and 4 minutes over the frontal sinuses on each pair of sinuses

OTHER

Manual Drainage Techniques

Manual Drainage Techniques for the frontal and maxillary sinuses

OTHER

Self Sinus Massage Technique

Patients will also encouraged to self-massage their frontal and maxillary sinuses while resting supine

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jouf University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Khaled Fouda, PhD · Associate Professor of Physical Therapy

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-09-01
Primary Completion
2023-03-01
Completion
2023-03-21

Countries

  • Saudi Arabia

Study Locations

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