Abstract
Aim
To study the effect of pranic energisation technique on healing time of bone fractures under the title “The effect of add-on yogic pranic energisation technique on healing of fresh fractures”.
Materials and Methods
The Under the randomised control design- two group study, 30 patients who satisfied the inclusion criteria and consented to the study were selected from Ebnezar Orthopaedic Centre and Parimala Speciality Hospital, Bangalore. A random number generator allocated random numbers between 1- 30 to the two groups, Experimental/Yoga and Control. Both the groups were assessed on the 1st and 21st day.
The Control group was briefed about the necessary precautions regarding fracture care to be followed every day. The Experimental/Yoga group in addition to the same briefing was trained by the therapist for 7 days, 30 minutes a day to undergo PET. The participants were given an audio CD of the intervention and required to practice PET twice a day for 3 weeks. The patients were assessed clinically on the basis of VAS (Visual Pain analogue scale), Tenderness grade and Swelling. Their radiological assessment was done on the basis of Fracture line and the bridging of cortices
Results
The pre and the post values within groups were assessed with the Wilcoxon test. We found that there was a significant difference between the pre and the post values within the groups. The two groups were compared using the Mann-Whitney test. We found that for the pre-values there was no difference between the two groups, whereas there was a significant difference between the groups in post values (p< 0.001).
In other words, the healing took place in both the groups, but the yoga group showed a more significant healing than the control group in post-data.
Conclusions
Pranic Energisation Technique accelerates fracture healing clinically as well as radiologically. The study saw a significant reduction in pain and tenderness as well as a faster bridging of cortices in the experimental group. PET is simple, non-invasive, painless and a potentially beneficial inexpensive aid requiring no equipment or material. It can be easily employed as an adjunctive therapy to fracture treatment.
Keywords
Prana Fractures
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