Progressive Resistance Training for Adults With External Snapping Hip

Summary

External snapping hip is characterised by an audible and painful snap during hip movement among physical active people around 15-40 years old. Progressive resistance training has been suggested as a new potential treatment path in treating patients with external snapping hip. The investigators conducted a feasibility study and found that patients reported less pain and improved their physical function, quality of life and muscle strength after 12 weeks of progressive resistance training. The overall aim of the project is to compare hip pain in patients with external snapping hip treated with progressive resistance training to a wait-and-see approach, in a randomised controlled trial. This study has the potential to establish a new and specific treatment option for patients with external snapping hip, to be used nationally and internationally.

Conditions

• External Snapping Hip
• Coxa Saltans External

Interventions

OTHER

Progressive resistance training

The progressive resistance program consist of a five-minute aerobic warm-up on either an ergometer bike, treadmill or rowing machine followed by six resistance training exercises: landmine twist, walking lunges, leg press, hip abduction, hip adduction and hip flexion. All training sessions (three per week) will be supervised for the first two weeks. After that, there will be one weekly supervised training session and two self-directed sessions. The subjects will be scheduled for 36 training sessions over 12 weeks, of which 16 will be supervised. Each training session is designed based on the findings from the feasibility study and is expected to last approximately one hour. If a subject cannot perform all scheduled sessions in a week, additional sessions will be planned for the following week to obtain the 16 supervised sessions.

BEHAVIORAL

Waiting time

12 weeks of waiting time

BEHAVIORAL

Self guided exercise

12 weeks of self guided exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Aarhus

  collaborator OTHER

• Aarhus University Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Stig S Jakobsen, PhD · Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, DK

• Lisa U Tønning, MHSc · Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, DK

• Inger Mechlenburg, DMSc · Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, DK

• Ulrik Dalgas, PhD · Department of Public Health, Sports, Aarhus University, DK

• Troels Kjeldsen, PhD · Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, DK

• Cara Lewis, PhD · Department of Physical Therapy, Boston University, Boston, US

• Martin Lamm, MSc · Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, DK

• Joanne L Kemp, PhD · La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

40 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-07-01

Primary Completion

2027-04-01

Completion

2027-04-01

Countries

• Denmark

Study Locations