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Background: Low back pain is reported to be the most common problem in the domain of musculoskeletal problems, although it’s a common problem but its etiology is still not known in most of the cases which is eventually called as non-specific back pain and in almost near to half of the cases this back pain is arising from the sacroiliac joint giving it a name as sacroiliac joint dysfunction.
Objective(s): To check the effects of muscle energy technique with and without sacroiliac belt on pain, muscle strength and quality of life in patients with sacroiliac joint dysfunction.
Methodology: A Randomized clinical trial was conducted with sample size of 48 through convenient sampling technique. Participants were allocated into two groups i.e., Experimental and Control groups. Group A MET with SI Belt and Group B received only MET. SF-36, NPRS and MMT used for Quality of life, Pain and MMT for Muscle strength. Assessment was performed Pre and Post Treatment in both Group. Independent Sample T test and Repeated ANOVA tests were used to compare between group and within group differences with P value <0.05.
Results: No significant difference was seen with p value >0.05 in between group and within comparison of both the groups pre and post treatment as per independent samples test but there was significant difference noted among between subject and within subject’s comparison as per Repeated ANOVA with p value <0.05.
Conclusion: The present study concluded that both the groups (Group A = MET with SI Belt) and (Group B= MET without SI Belt) showed significant difference in Quality of Life, Pain, and Muscle strength