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NCT Number: NCT01700933

Dose-response: Exercise Therapy on Hip Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is a common disease that causes muscle weakness, stiffness and instability. The disease reduces the opportunities for an active lifestyle. Exercise Therapy provides a well-documented effect on pain and function in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip. It is sought an optimal dose of exercise, in which this study will help to investigate.

We hypothesize that an exercise program designed to have a high number of repetitions will benefit the outcome of the training in a more positive way than a low-repetition based program.

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Key information

Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Hip Arthritis Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Osteoarthritis Rheumatic Diseases

Age range

45 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Fysioterapitjenesten i Ørsta

Ørsta, 6154, Norway

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • At least three month since debut of the disease
  • Age above 45 years
  • Ability to complete the intervention

Exclusion criteria

  • Pain above 4 on VAS during gait
  • Pregnancy
  • Autoimmune disease
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Respiratory disease
  • Metabolic disease
  • Neurological signs
  • Planned hip-replacement surgery within the next year
  • Received exercise therapy within the last 3 months

Treatment and study plan

High-Dosage Exercise Therapy

Other

Structure of the exercise program done three times per week, for eight weeks:

5-10 minutes of global exercise (cycling, walking on treadmill etc.) Four local exercises (3 series of 30 repetitions) 5-10 minutes of global exercise (cycling, walking on treadmill etc.) Four local exercises (3 series of 30 repetitions) 5-10 minutes of global exercise (cycling, walking on treadmill etc.)

Low-Dosage Exercise Therapy

Other

Structure of the exercise program done three times per week, for eight weeks:

5-10 minutes of global exercise (cycling, walking on treadmill etc.) Four local exercises (3 series of 10 repetitions) 5-10 minutes of global exercise (cycling, walking on treadmill etc.) Four local exercises (3 series of 10 repetitions) 5-10 minutes of global exercise (cycling, walking on treadmill etc.)

Primary outcomes

  1. WOMAC Index of Osteoarthritis (questionnaire)

    Time frame: 0 weeks, 8 weeks, 6 months postinterventional

    WOMAC Index of Osteoarthritis (questionnaire)

Secondary outcomes

  1. HAD questionnaire

    Time frame: 0 weeks, 8 weeks, 6 months postinterventional

  2. Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia

    Time frame: 0 weeks, 8 weeks, 6 months postinterventional

  3. Squats

    Time frame: 0 weeks, 8 weeks, 6 months postinterventional

    Number of squats completed in 30 seconds.

  4. Stairs

    Time frame: 0 weeks, 8 weeks, 6 months postinterventional

    Time used to walk up and down 12 steps.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Dose-response: Exercise Therapy on Hip Osteoarthritis, a Pilot Study

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Oct 4, 2012
Registry last updated
Sep 21, 2017

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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