Physiotherapy versus corticosteroid injection for chronic lateral hip pain: a randomized clinical trial.

Phase 4

Completed

• Conditions: Gluteal tendinopathy; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612001126808
• Lead Sponsor: Professor Bill Vicenzino

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-10-22
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 201

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects will be included in the study if they experience lateral hip pain, worst over the area of the greater trochanter, which has been present for a minimum of three months. There should be tenderness on palpation of the greater trochanter and reproduction of lateral hip pain on at least one of 5 diagnostic clinical tests, as well as demonstrated tendon pathology on MRI.

Exclusion Criteria

Subjects will be excluded if they have any significant groin pain or known hip joint pathology, significant lower back pain, or known lumbar pathology, previous surgery to the back or hips, any other lower limb pathology that may impact on their ability to participate in an exercise programme, any systemic diseases affecting the muscular or nervous system, any systemic inflammatory diseases, presence of tumour, any factors that would preclude them from having an Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) (e.g., pregnancy, pacemaker, claustrophobia), previous cortisone injection around the greater trochanter (lateral hip) in the last 12 months, or physiotherapy intervention for lateral hip pain in the last 3 months, any allergy to corticosteroids, any phobia of needles, and obesity (BMI>30).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain Numerical Rating Scale: An 11 point scale<br>anchored by no pain at all at 0 and worst pain<br>imaginable at 10 will be used to rate the worst<br>and average level of pain severity the patient<br>experienced in the past week.[Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 26 weeks and 52 weeks];Global Rating of Change Score - an 11-point scale in which the participant is asked to rate their perceived overall change in condition of their hip from the time that they began the study until the present, as Worse, No Change, or Better[4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 26 weeks and 52 weeks]