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Analysis of Hyperthermia as an Adjunctive Treatment to Evidence-based Clinical Intervention in Subjects With Bursitis: a Double-blind Randomized Clinical Trial

NCT07099573 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2025-08-01

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Summary

This project aims to analyze the use of hyperthermia within a bursitis treatment protocol, as well as to determine the difference between two and three sessions per week. Study participants will be divided into four intervention groups: the first will receive two sessions per week for a period of six months, while the second will receive three sessions per week for the same period. The treatment protocol will consist of therapeutic physical exercise focused on the affected joint, stretching of the involved muscles, and the application of hyperthermia to the bursa and surrounding areas. The third and fourth intervention groups will receive the same treatment as mentioned above, but without hyperthermia. The third group will receive three sessions per week, while the second group will receive two sessions per week. Two different types of measurement variables will be used: on the one hand, the objective variable will be measurement and assessment of the bursa using ultrasound imaging. Subjective measurement variables will also be used through validated questionnaires, which will address physical activity, perceived functional limitations, and the visual analog scale for pain perception.

Conditions

  • Bursitis
  • Hyperthermia

Interventions

RADIATION

Hyperthermia

Hyperthermia will be applied for a period of 15 to 20 minutes in the area to be treated, maintaining a thermal sensation of gentle heat for the patient and accompanied by active-assisted or passive mobilization of the structures adjacent to the bursa.

OTHER

Physical Exercise

The therapeutic physical exercise will consist of 3 periods of isometric contraction of 30 seconds, with a rest period of 1 minute, varying the number of repetitions from 3 to 5 depending on the patient's symptoms.

OTHER

Stretching

Stretching of the involved muscles will involve 3 periods of maximum tolerable stretching without pain, lasting 20 seconds and resting for 30 seconds.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Malaga

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-01
Primary Completion
2025-10-31
Completion
2026-04-30

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