Efficacy of an Exercise Program for Patients With Femoro-acetabular Impingement

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Femoracetabular Impingement

Treatments: Other: Exercise Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03949127

20190091

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine whether using an exercise regime on people with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) can help reduce pain and improve function. Also, it examines whether the exercise regime will help prevent the worsening of hip cartilage deterioration.

Full description

A significant proportion of adults from ages 18 to 50 have a deformity in the neck of their femur. This can be painful and is called a femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), and could lead to ones cartilage being destroyed and possibly lead to osteoarthritis of the hip. People with this deformity in their femur have been found to move their hips differently when doing tasks such as walking, squatting or climbing stairs compared to those without this problem. The investigators are testing whether exercise that targets this difference in movement can help reduce pain, improve function and prevent cartilage damage. There will recruit 84 patients with divided into 2 groups. 42 patients will do a 8 week exercise program on strengthening muscles responsible for extending the hip and stretching muscles that are associated with flexing the hip. The intensity of the program will change with visits to the physiotherapist through the course of their exercise program. This research hopes to develop an innovative, non-surgical, low-cost, highly feasible and accessible intervention for patients with FAI.

Enrollment: 95 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with symptomatic FAI
• at least 3 months of groin pain
• increased pain with hip rotation
• an alpha angle greater than 60 degrees on multiplane imaging
• labral tear on MRI
• Tonnis grade of 0 or 1

Exclusion criteria

• diagnosed health problems other than FAI interfering with capacity to accomplish the exercise program
• previous hip surgery on the affected side
• surgery will happen within 6 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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95 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise Group

Experimental group

Description:

The group who will exercise to manage pain.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise Group

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The group who will not take part in any exercises and only have to do assessments.