Efficacy of a physiotherapy program for individuals following arthroscopic surgery for symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement: a randomised controlled trial
- Conditions
- Symptomatic Femoroacetabular impingementMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disordersPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12613000282785
- Lead Sponsor
- Professor Kim Bennell
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Participants will be eligible if they are aged 16-35 years, have had hip/groin symptoms for at least 3 months, have been diagnosed with FAI by an orthopaedic surgeon based on symptoms, clinical signs and imaging findings and are scheduled for hip arthroscopy.
Exclusion criteria will include: (i) radiographic evidence of hip osteoarthritis that is more than mild in severity defined as Tonnis >grade 1; (ii) professional athlete; (iii) planning to have bilateral surgery within 24 weeks; (iv) other concurrent injury/condition that would affect performance on the rehabilitation program and/or assessment procedures; (v) unable to attend a study physiotherapist or participate in the rehabilitation program if randomised to the physiotherapy group; (vi) planning to undertake formal supervised rehabilitation following hip arthroscopy; and (vii) inability to understand English.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The international Hip Outcome Tool (iHOT-33), which is a self administered tool that measures health-related quality of life in young people with hip disorders [Baseline and 14 weeks post-surgery];The Sport subscale of the Hip Outcome Scale (HOS), which is a self-administered questionnaire designed to assess function in sport activities in patients undergoing hip arthroscopy[Baseline and 14 weeks post-surgery]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method