Efficacy of Physiotherapy on the Health and Quality of Life of the Rheumatic Patient

Phase 2

• Conditions: Rheumatic Arthritis
• Interventions: Other: Physiotherapy; Other: Wait list control

• Registration Number: NCT02020668
• Lead Sponsor: Macmillan Research Group UK

Brief Summary

Despite leading cause of morbidity, treatment strategies for Rheumatic diseases are geared almost exclusively toward medical-pharmacological area away from offering the patient the possibility of an interdisciplinary approach to their disease.

Present study test whether treatment of physiotherapy reduces stiffness and pain inherent in rheumatic disease and improve their quality of life related to health.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-12-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-12-24
• Study First Posted: 2013-12-25
• Status Verified: 2014-05
• Study Start: 2014-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-05-06
• Last Update Posted: 2014-05-07
• Primary Completion: 2014-09
• Study Completion: 2014-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 82

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients older than 18 years
• History of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) symptoms for less than 7 years
• Had RA by American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria
• ACR functional RA class I, II or III
• Hemoglobin more than 8g/dL without evidence of active bleeding
• Positive for rheumatoid factor (RF) or anti cyclic citrullinated protein
• standard conventional medicine were allowed within the approved dosage regimen

Exclusion Criteria

• connective tissue disease
• any other alternative or complementary medicine with in last 3 months.
• corticosteroid, disease modifying medicines
• Poorly controlled diabetes, hypertension, hepatitis, cardiac disease, liver diseases, carcinoma, drug abuse

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Physiotherapy	Physiotherapy	Physiotherapy included joint protection strategies, performance of therapeutic exercises and patient education.
Wait list control	Wait list control	Wait list control received standard care and were invited to join the physiotherapy once intervention period is finished.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain	Change from baseline in Numerical Scale Downie at 16 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of Life	Change from Baseline in Short Form (SF) 36 at 16 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Life Line Hospital; 🇮🇳 Sikar, Rajasthan, India