Conservative Treatment in Patients With Symptomatic Femoroacetabular Impingement

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Symptomatic Femoroacetabular Impingement
• Interventions: Other: Neuromuscular training

• Registration Number: NCT02368483
• Lead Sponsor: Schulthess Klinik

Brief Summary

This is a single-group, prospective, intervention study. A total of 30 participants with unilateral symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement will be included into the study. The intervention consists in neuromuscular training for the lower limb muscles (12 weeks, 2 times/week supervised training, 2 times/week home training). The training includes physical exercises routinely used worldwide in clinical settings. No control intervention group was included into the study because nowadays there is no standard conservative treatment for patients with symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement. Assessments will be performed at (1) baseline, (2) mid-intervention, (3) end-intervention, and (4) follow-up. Clinical, functional, neuromuscular and self-reported parameters will be collected during assessments.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-10
• Study First Submitted: 2015-01-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-02-14
• Study First Posted: 2015-02-23
• Primary Completion: 2017-03
• Study Completion: 2017-03
• Status Verified: 2019-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-06-14
• Last Update Posted: 2019-06-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of unilateral symptomatic FAI according to clinical, radiographic and magnetic resonance imaging criteria
• Living place: Canton of Zurich or neighbouring Cantons
• Signed written informed consent to participate into the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Previous hip surgery
• Any surgery to the lower limbs in the prior 6 months
• Congenital/developmental dysplasia
• Hip osteoarthritis
• Initiation of opioid analgesia and corticosteroid injection for hip pain within the prior 30 days
• BMI >35 kg/m2
• Significant cardiorespiratory diseases

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Neuromuscular training	Neuromuscular training	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hip Function as measured using the Hip Outcome Score questionnaire	Change from Baseline in Hip Function at 12 weeks	Hip Function was assessed using the Hip Outcome Score. The Hip Outcome score is a questionnaire used to evaluate hip function during daily and sport activities. Two independent scores are obtained: one for activities of daily living and one for sport activities.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Movement Control Quality as measured using a visual rating scale	Change from Baseline in Movement Control Quality at 12 weeks	Overall body movement pattern quality is visually assessed during the performance of 5 lower extremity functional tests (single-leg squat, lunge, hop lunge, single-leg bridge, single-leg ventral plank).
Hip Muscle Strength as measured using dynamometry	Change from Baseline in Hip Muscle Strength at 12 weeks	Hip abduction, adduction, internal rotation and external rotation isometric maximal voluntary contraction strength is evaluated with hand-held dynamometry. Hip flexion and extension isometric maximal voluntary contraction strength is evaluated with isokinetic dynamometry.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Schulthess Clinic; 🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland