Physiotherapy exercise rehabilitation with tailored exercise adherence support for people with osteoporosis and vertebral fractures
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis vertebral fractureMusculoskeletal DiseasesOsteoporosis with pathological fracture
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN14465704
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Oxford
- Brief Summary
2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36115668/ (added 20/09/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
1. Patients who had a diagnosis of primary osteoporosis confirmed by a radiograph or dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan (=2.5 standard deviation below the norm) at the lowest lumbar level
2. Patients who had a history of at least one symptomatic osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF)
3. Patients aged =18 years
4. Patients who were postmenopausal (if female)
5. Patients able to walk =10 m independently with or without an aid
6. Patients able to understand and participate in the physiotherapy programme
1. Patients aged <18 years
2. Patients who had osteoporosis secondary to other metabolic bone disorders or disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, cancer and osteomalacia), experienced lower-limb joint surgery, or fracture, in the previous 6 months
3. Patients whose primary problem was back pain with pain radiating into the lower limb
4. Patients who had undergone vertebroplasty, facet joint injection or any physical therapy (e.g. chiropractic, osteopathic or physiotherapeutic treatment for back pain in the previous 12 weeks)
5. Patients with severe unstable cardiovascular or pulmonary disease or significant psychiatric or neurological conditions that would preclude participation in the physiotherapy treatment arms
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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