Fascial Manipulation in Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis

NCT02305108 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2015-11-20

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Summary

The study will test the efficacy of the treatment of soft tissues for osteoarthritis patients that are waiting for total hip arthroplasty. The fascial manipulation provides a deep pressure of specific points of the muscle fascia. The aims of this treatment are the improve of pain before the surgery and the improve of functional performance after the surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

fascial manipulation

Recruited patients in study's group will be treated with the standard treatment and fascial manipulation. Specific points of fascial tissue will be treated with a deep friction to improve elasticity. The number of point treated will be refered to a specific evaluation for each patient. Fascial manipulation provide 3 session treatment (one treatment for week).

OTHER

standard treatment

Before surgery, standard physiotherapy treatment provides an education session about the rehabilitation program tha is going to be execute after surgery. After surgery 2 daily physiotherapy treatment are implemented: bed exercise as active and passive flex-extension of lower limb, movements for postural change to reach sitting and standing position, walking training.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andrea Cotti, PT · Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

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
2014-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-05-31
Completion
2015-06-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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