Effects of Chiropractic Care in Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis

Hip Osteoarthritis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Chiropractic Care on Pain and Function in Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis Waiting for Arthroplasty - a Controlled Clinical Pilot Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01025661
• Other study ID #: 2007/7900-31/3
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 2, 2009
• Last updated: December 7, 2009

Study information

• Verified date: December 2009
• Source: Scandinavian College of Chiropractic
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Sweden: Centrala etikprövningsnämnden
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to explore the short term effects of chiropractic care on pain and function in patients with hip osteoarthritis.

Description:

Research over the last years have reported a scarce of trails investigating chiropractic treatment of lower extremities. Osteoarthritis, also called joint failure, is a common rheumatic joint disease often affecting the hipjoint, contributing to pain, decreased mobility and loss of function. Individuals with osteoarthritis can also be affected in many other ways, e.g. economically, socially and emotionally.

Chiropractic care may be considered as a complement to the conventional allopathic treatment of hip osteoarthritis. Joint manipulation is a well-established treatment technique to restore optimal joint function of the locomotor system. The aim of the study is to explore the effects of chiropractic vs. continued conventional care (waiting list controls) on pain and function during a three week trail period among patients with hip osteoarthritis waiting for arthroplasty.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 14
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 55 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• waiting for first time unilateral arthroplasty on the affected side

Exclusion Criteria:

• documented osteoporosis, current pathology such as malignancy, infection, cardiovascular disease, stroke and femoral fractures on affected side

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hip Osteoarthritis
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteoarthritis, Hip

Intervention

Other:
• Chiropractic care
Clinical examinations and treatments were performed at the outpatient clinic. The patients were assessed and treated by research assistants and the clinical care was supervised by state registered chiropractors. The choice of therapy and modality was pragmatic and based on the analysis of different functions such as mobility, tenderness, muscle tension and tone, and each patient's relative symptoms. Chiropractic care included high-velocity and low-amplitude techniques, soft-tissue or myofascial techniques, and arthrokinematic stabilizing exercises or a combination of these. Patients were treated in 1-2 sessions per week during the trial.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Scandinavian College of Chiropractic	Solna	Stockholm

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Scandinavian College of Chiropractic	Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm South General Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The 100mm Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)		Baseline and follow up after three weeks	No
Secondary	The five sub-scales of the Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS), i.e. pain, other symptoms, function in daily living (ADL), function in sport and recreation (sport/rec) and hip related Quality of life (QOL)		Baseline and follow up after three weeks	No