Efficacy of conservative treatment regime for hip osteoarthritis - Evaluation of the therapeutic exercise regime Hipschool

Not Applicable

• Conditions: M16; Coxarthrosis [arthrosis of hip]

• Registration Number: DRKS00000651
• Lead Sponsor: Medizinische Universitätsklinik Tübingen, Abteilung Sportmedizin

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-03-08
• Study Completion: 2013-01-22
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 224

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 18 – 85 years
• Hip OA in one or both hip joints according to the clinical classification of the American College of Rheumatology
• Informed consent of the subject
• Sufficient time to keep therapeutic appointements
• Health related eligibility in terms of physical and emotional ability.
• Capacity to consent
• Subjects can also be included in case of a contra-lateral hip replacement, as long as one side has a hip osteoarthritis according to the above mentioned criteria

Exclusion Criteria

• Instable anchoring of a potential artificial hip replacement
• Previous luxation as an adverse event in case of an artificial hip replacement
• Pathologies in the region of the lower extremities or lower back that are not related to OA and need medical treatment (healthy practitioners of medical doctors)
• Abuse of drugs or alcohol
• Participation in another clinical trial in the last 4 weeks
• No Compliance
• Acute illness
• Use of walking-aids
• Previous trauma at the hip or pelvis with subsequent development of a secondary arthrosis
• Known endocrinologic cause of hip OA
• Verified metabolic cause of hip OA
• State after aseptic osteonecrose
• Cardio-vascular disease or other co-morbidities resulting in a profoundly decreased physical capacity in every day live and known as contraindication for physical activities (i. e. cardiac insufficiency NYHA III-IV, terminal renal insufficiency state IV).
• Medical exercise therapy, and physiotherapy using weight machines and comparable resources in the last three month, being carried out at least 6 times.
• Specific group or individual intervention to address OA in the last 3 month (Minimum 1x/week 30‘ or more)
• Physical therapy to address OA (Minimum 1x/week)
• Novel initiated physical exercise within the last 3 month (Minimum 1x/week to be short of breath for at least 30’)
• Corticoid injection into the hip joint within the last 12 month

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified