• Neelima Gupta

The discomfort coming from the SIJ joint structures is referred to as sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain. In general, SIJ dysfunction describes the abnormal position or movement of SIJ components, which may or may not cause discomfort. In addition to presenting the most recent information on the diagnosis and treatment of SIJ problems, this study tries to define the differences between these clinical concepts. The inter-examiner reliability of tests for SIJ dysfunction is often low. The validity of the testing for this illness is uncertain since a reference standard for SIJ dysfunction is not easily accessible. In order to elicit familiar pain, tests that stress the SIJ have appropriate inter-examiner reliability and therapeutically relevant validity when compared to accepted reference standards. Provocation tests have not been proven to be reliable at locating extra-articular SIJ sources of pain.The sensitivity and specificity of three or more positive pain provocation SIJ tests are 91% and 78%, respectively. When a patient's symptoms are unable to centralise, or shift towards the spinal midline, the specificity of three or more positive tests rises to 87%. Patients with persistent back pain who have three or more positive provocation SIJ tests and whose symptoms cannot be induced to centralise have a 77% chance of having SIJ pain, while women who are pregnant who have back pain have an 89% chance. The combination of test results might be applied in studies to assess the effectiveness of particular SIJ pain therapies. Training in specialised lumbopelvic stabilisation techniques and corticosteroid injections into the intra-articular area are the treatments that are most likely to be successful.

"Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Diagnosis and Treatment: Evidence-Based Practices", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 5, page no.c543-c551, May-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2305279.pdf

"Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction Diagnosis and Treatment: Evidence-Based Practices", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 5, page no. ppc543-c551, May-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2305279.pdf