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Efficacy and Tolerability of Mud Packs Therapy in Osteoarthritis of the Hand

NCT00773682 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2011-11-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Objective

To assess both the short-term and the long term effectiveness of spa therapy in patients with primary hand osteoarthritis (OA) in a single blind, prospective controlled, randomized trial.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

local mud-pack therapy and balneotherapy

Patients will be treated with local mud-pack application on the hands for 20 minutes and thermal-mineral bath once a day for 15 days.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Siena

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Antonella Fioravanti, md · Rheumatology Unit- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese-siena

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2009-09-30
Completion
2010-01-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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Diseases

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