Natural Course of Adhesive Capsulitis of Hip

Seoul National University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Adhesive Capsulitis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01449227

1108-095-374

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this prospective study is to see the natural course of adhesive capsulitis of hip. The study is based on the hypothesis that the natural course of adhesive capsulitis of hip is similar to that of adhesive capsulitis of shoulder. This study is also based on a hypothesis that hip joint capsule stretching exercise will result in pain relief, recovery of hip range of motion in months.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Painful hip with Limited range of motion (especially external rotation and abduction)

Exclusion criteria

• Acute trauma history
• hematologic abnormality (Rheumatologic disease, Autoimmune disease)
• Radiologic abnormality (joint degenerative change, calcification, loosebody, evidence of Femoroacetabular impingement, osteonecrosis of femoral head, etc)
• MRI: Extra-articular pathology