Muhammad Irfan Bashir, Syed Muhammad Bilal Gillani, Syed Ihtisham Ahmed, Hafiz Syed Arsalan Gilani, Muhammad Salman Bashir.
Comparative study of Ketoprofen and Ethyl Chloride with Two Different Steroids for Management of Pain in Injury of Athletes.
Asian J Allied Health Sci Jan ;02(01):08-11.

Ketoprofen belongs to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug which has better results in pain management with combination of steroid and anesthetic drug. In this study compression of two combination had been observed. Objective: To determine the better combination of pain management drugs and steroid, to reduce the pain and inflammation among these two therapies Methods: The experimental study was conducted on 50 injured sports men. Subjects were divided into two groups, one Group A (Ketoprofen + Ethyl Chloride + Clobetasol treated injured sportsmen) and other Group B (Ketoprofen + Ethyl Chloride + Hydrocortisone treated injured sportsmen). Half sports men from each sport category randomly were included in Group A and remaining half sports men from each sport category were included in Group B. Injured sportsmen were included in this study and non-injured sportsmen were excluded. Treatment was applied on different sportsmen at different time periods in Physiotherapy Department Ghurki Hospital, Lifeline Hospital and Model Town Sports Complex Results: In group A, 11 athletes were at moderate pain level, 08 were at mild level and 02 had no pain. In group B 06 athletes were at mild level, 16 were a minimal and 03 had no pain at all. Conclusions: It was concluded that the combination of hydrocortisone + Ketoprofen + Ethyl Chloride showed better effects and pain relief as compared to Clobetasol + Ketoprofen + Ethyl Chloride.

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