Conservative Treatment for Hip Osteoarthritis

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of manual treatment and a patient education programme for patients without indication for hip surgery.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis, Hip

Interventions

OTHER

Hip School

The hip school consists of one initial personal interview, three group sessions, and one follow-up personal interview. The hip school is a patient education programme which involves anatomy/physiology, epidemiology, disease progression and pain, advice on self-help and exercises.

OTHER

Hip School and Manual Treatment

Hip school as above. Patients receive manual treatment twice a week for 6 weeks. Manual treatment consists of joint manipulation and muscle energy techniques to the articular and soft-tissue structures of the hip.

OTHER

Minimal control intervention

As control group, an information leaflet is used with instructions to live as usual during the 6 weeks intervention period. The exercise sheet of the hip school is given to the patients with no further instruction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southern Denmark

  collaborator OTHER

• Odense University Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Foundation for Chiropractic Research and Post Graduate Education

  collaborator OTHER

• Region of Southern Denmark

  collaborator OTHER

• The Danish Rheumatism Association

  collaborator OTHER

• Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Erik Poulsen, DC, MSc · Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

40 Years

Max Age

80 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2008-10-31

Primary Completion

2011-06-30

Completion

2011-06-30

Countries

• Denmark

Study Locations