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

Azienda Ospedaliera Bolognini di Seriate Bergamo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Arthritis

Treatments: Other: standard active exercises; Other: Fascial Manipulation® (FM)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02576028

U1111-1173-0402

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

• 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,
• concomitant rheumatic pathology in acute phase,
• serious comorbidities including cardiac,
• respiratory and/or neuromuscular pathologies.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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51 participants in 2 patient groups

standard treathment

Other group

Description:

two sessions of 45 minutes of active exercises for 10 days

Treatment:

Other: standard active exercises

FM associated to standard treathment

Experimental group

Description:

the same intervention of CG except on days 2 and 7 where one session treatment was replaced with a FM treatment.

Treatment:

Other: Fascial Manipulation® (FM)

Other: standard active exercises