Does the addition of an exercise programme improve outcomes in Greater Trochanter Pain Syndrome compared to corticosteroid injection and advice? A pilot study

Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust0 个研究点目标入组 48 人开始时间: 2018年7月25日最近更新: 2019年12月10日

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•1. Aged 35-70 years
•2. Unilateral or bilateral trochanteric pain for greater than 3 months
•3. Pain on walking and climbing slopes or stairs and/or lying on the affected side
•4. Absence of groin pain
•5. Tenderness on palpation of the greater trochanter
•6. At least one of the following tests provocative of lateral hip pain: Combined hip flexion, abduction and external rotation (FABER); Active derotation test; Combined hip flexion, adduction and external rotation; Modified Ober test; 30 second single leg stance; Active hip abduction at end range adduction in side lying
•7. Hip osteoarthritis excluded radiologically

•1. Evidence of osteoarthritis on X-ray (over grade 1)
•2. Previous lower limb surgery affecting gait
•3. Arthroplasty of the affected hip
•4. Other neuromuscular or musculoskeletal conditions affecting gait or ability to exercise
•5. Corticosteroid injections/physiotherapy/extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ECSWT) for GTPS in the last 3 months
•6. Range of hip flexion <90 degrees
•7. Significant lumbar pathology/pain
•8. Previous lumbar nerve root entrapment or spinal surgery
•9. Unable or unwilling to comply with study protocol
•10. Unable or unwilling to offer written consent to the study
•11. Unable to understand written or spoken English
•12. Adverse reaction to steroid

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