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ArthritisNCT02576028

Fascial Manipulation® Associated With Standard Care Versus Standard Post-surgical Care for Total Hip Arthroplasty

A study testing Fascial Manipulation® (FM) and standard active exercises in people with Arthritis, run by Azienda Ospedaliera Bolognini di Seriate Bergamo.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Post-surgical physiotherapy programs following to total hip arthroplasty (THA) show important differences between types and numbers of treatment sessions. Objectives are to investigate effectiveness of Fascial Manipulation when associated to a standard protocol of care. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Arthritis
What is being tested?
Fascial Manipulation® (FM) and standard active exercises
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
51 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Oct 2011to Jul 2013
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Any age
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • first THA surgery,
  • posterior-lateral access,
  • onset of pain of maximum 2 years

Who cannot join

  • patients with previous hip or knee prosthesis,
  • congenital hip dysplasia,
  • revision THA,
  • elective THA secondary to trauma,
  • real leg-length discrepancy (≥1.5cm),
  • cognitive impairment,
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  • concomitant rheumatic pathology in acute phase,
  • serious comorbidities including cardiac,
  • respiratory and/or neuromuscular pathologies.

About this study

Official title: Fascial Manipulation® Associated With Standard Care Versus Standard Post-surgical Care for Total Hip Arthroplasty: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Post-surgical physiotherapy programs following to total hip arthroplasty (THA) show important differences between types and numbers of treatment sessions. Objectives are to investigate effectiveness of Fascial Manipulation when associated to a standard protocol of care.

Read the detailed description

Background. Post-surgical physiotherapy programs following to total hip arthroplasty (THA) show important differences between types and numbers of treatment sessions. Objectives are to investigate effectiveness of Fascial Manipulation when associated to a standard protocol of care.

Methods. Fifty-one subjects operated with THA were randomized into two groups, both followed a standard protocol of care where two sessions were replaced with Fascial Manipulation in the study group. Functional outcomes measures collected before and after treatment and at the end of the rehabilitation program included Harris Hip Score, Time Up and Go test, articular range of motion and verbal numerical scale.

Conditions
Arthritis
Being tested
Fascial Manipulation® (FM), standard active exercises
Keywords
Total Hip Replacement, Manipulation Therapy
Medical subject headings
Arthritis

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Fascial Manipulation® (FM)Other

    Fascial Manipulation® (FM) is a manual therapy that focus on the deep muscular fascia. This technique considers the fascia as a three-dimensional continuum. The mainstay of this manual technique lies in the identification of specific localised areas of the fascia, defined Center of Coordination (CC), where the gliding of the subcutis should be preserved to avoid biomechanical in-coordination of the surrounding muscles. The method is performed by applying a deep friction over the CCs that result more altered at the clinical palpation

  • standard active exercisesOther

    two sessions of 45 minutes of active exercises

Study groups in NCT02576028
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
standard treathmentOthertwo sessions of 45 minutes of active exercises for 10 days
Receives: Other: standard active exercises
FM associated to standard treathmentExperimentalthe same intervention of CG except on days 2 and 7 where one session treatment was replaced with a FM treatment.
Receives: Other: Fascial Manipulation® (FM); Other: standard active exercises

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. change of pain during movement

    value of pain during a specific movement , measured with Visual Numeric Scale (VNS) scale

    Measured: change from before and after the 2nd day treatment, change from before and after the 7nd day treatment, change from 2nd and 10th day (end of study)

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Range of motion (ROM)

    hip ROM amplitude, measured with bobble inclinometer

    Measured: before and after the 2nd day treatment, before and after the 7nd day treatment, 10th day (end of study)

  2. Harris Hip Score

    Functional outcome

    Measured: before and after the 2nd day treatment, before and after the 7nd day treatment, 10th day (end of study)

  3. Timed up and Go test (TuG)

    functional test for stand up and walk speed

    Measured: before and after the 2nd day treatment, before and after the 7nd day treatment, 10th day (end of study)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted15 Oct 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 2011
  3. Primary completionJul 2013
  4. Study completionJul 2013

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Investigator
Enrolment
51 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02576028
Sponsor's protocol ID
U1111-1173-0402
Status last verified
Oct 2015
First submitted
8 Oct 2015
Last updated
22 Oct 2015
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Busato M, Quagliati C, Magri L, Filippi A, Sanna A, Branchini M, Marchand AM, Stecco A. Fascial Manipulation Associated With Standard Care Compared to Only Standard Postsurgical Care for Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial. PM R. 2016 Dec;8(12):1142-1150. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.04.007. Epub 2016 May 19.

    PubMed 27210234

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Fascial Manipulation® (FM) and standard active exercises in people with Arthritis, run by Azienda Ospedaliera Bolognini di Seriate Bergamo.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Oct 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

change of pain during movement (time frame: change from before and after the 2nd day treatment, change from before and after the 7nd day treatment, change from 2nd and 10th day (end of study)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02576028, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Oct 2015.

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