Effectiveness of the Myofascial Therapy in the Hemophilic Arthropathy of Ankle

Real Fundación Victoria Eugenia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Haemophilia

Treatments: Other: Physiotherapy sessions

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02825667

AnHe-Fascial

Details and patient eligibility

About

Randomized clinical trial to assess the efficacy of a treatment protocol applied fascial therapy in patients with hemophilic arthropathy ankle, oriented to know and describe the observed differences on the dependent variables: range of motion, pain and physical condition.

At the same time, the study will determine whether there are adverse effects or bleeding complications as a result of applied physiotherapy treatment.

Enrollment: 65 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients diagnosed with hemophilia A and B
• Adults patients
• Patients with hemophilic arthropathy of ankle diagnosed
• Patients in prophylactic treatment regimen or on demand treatment with concentrates of FVIII/FIX.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients without ambulation
• Patients diagnosed with other congenital coagulopathy (eg, Von Willebrand disease)
• Patients who have developed antibodies to FVIII / FIX (inhibitors)
• Patients with neurological or cognitive impairments that prevent understanding of questionnaires and test physical
• Patients that have not signed the informed consent document.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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65 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients included in this group will receive treatment over a period of three weeks, receiving 3 physiotherapy sessions lasting approximately 30 minutes each. The treatment program includes 8 maneuvers that must be administered bilaterally: maneuver longitudinal sliding on the fascial surface plant, maneuver induction of the plantar fascia, maneuver longitudinal surface sliding on the anterolateral compartment of the leg, induction maneuver ankle anterior compartment, maneuver pressure and sliding on the posterior region of the leg, technical release of the popliteal fascia, maneuver induction sural triceps, and lower extremity telescopic technique.

Treatment:

Other: Physiotherapy sessions

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients included in this group will not receive any physiotherapy treatment. However, will be evaluated under the same conditions that patients in the experimental group (pretreatment evaluation, post-treatment and follow-up).