MedTrace Logo

Fascial Therapy in Elbow Hemophilic Arthropathy

NCT03009591 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 69

Last updated 2019-02-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Introduction: The common clinical manifestations of hemophilia are skeletal muscle bleeds, especially hematomas and hemarthrosis. Repeated episodes of joint bleeding in certain joints, causing a progressive joint deterioration. Secondary disorders to this joint degeneration include: biomechanical alterations, loss of range of movement and periarticular muscle atrophy.

Design. A prospective, multicenter and longitudinal pilot study to evaluate the efficacy of a treatment protocol with fascial therapy applied in patients with hemophilic arthropathy of the elbow.

Aimed: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a physiotherapy treatment by fascial therapy in patients with hemophilic arthropathy of the elbow Patients: A total of 60 patients with hemophilia and prophylactic treatment will be recruited for inclusion in the study. Patients will be recruited in 6 centers, from different regions of Spain.

Intervention: Each session will last approximately 50 minutes, with three physiotherapy sessions taking place over a period of 3 weeks. The treatment program includes 11 maneuvers that must be administered bilaterally:

Measuring instruments and study variables: goniometric evaluation (range of movement); visual analog scale (joint pain); Haemophilia Joint Health Score (joint status); DASH Questionnaire (functionality of upper limbs); SF-36 Questionnaire (perception of quality of life). At the same time, the study will allow to determine joint bleeding caused by applied physiotherapy treatment.

Expected results: First, it is intended to demonstrate the safety of this physiotherapy technique in patients with hemophilia. Likewise, an improvement in the perception of elbow pain and joint mobility is expected. An improved functionality of the upper limb is also foreseen and with it, an enhanced perception of quality of life of these patients.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Experimental group

Longitudinal surface sliding maneuver over the superficial fascia in the anterior region of the arm and the forearm. Applied in 3 strokes. * Transverse sliding of the flexor muscles of the wrist and fingers. * Transverse sliding for the biceps brachii muscle. * Longitudinal surface sliding over the superficial fascia in the posterior arm region. * Transverse sliding over the brachial triceps tendon. * Transverse sliding for the pectoralis major muscle. * Transverse sliding for the posterior axillary region pectoralis major muscle. * Induction of the posterior axillary fold. * Induction (crossed hands over the brachial region and forearm). * Maneuver of transverse planes for the cervicothoracic region. * Upper limb telescopic maneuver.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Real Fundación Victoria Eugenia

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-12
Primary Completion
2018-12-01
Completion
2019-02-15

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT03009591 on ClinicalTrials.gov