Rheumatic Arthritis
Conditions
Keywords
Pain, Functional capacity, Quality of Life
Brief summary
Despite leading cause of morbidity, treatment strategies for Rheumatic diseases are geared almost exclusively toward medical-pharmacological area away from offering the patient the possibility of an interdisciplinary approach to their disease. Present study test whether treatment of physiotherapy reduces stiffness and pain inherent in rheumatic disease and improve their quality of life related to health.
Interventions
OTHERPhysiotherapy
OTHERWait list control
Sponsors
NMP Medical Research Institute
Warwick Research Services
Macmillan Research Group UK
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients older than 18 years * History of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) symptoms for less than 7 years * Had RA by American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria * ACR functional RA class I, II or III * Hemoglobin more than 8g/dL without evidence of active bleeding * Positive for rheumatoid factor (RF) or anti cyclic citrullinated protein * standard conventional medicine were allowed within the approved dosage regimen
Exclusion criteria
* connective tissue disease * any other alternative or complementary medicine with in last 3 months. * corticosteroid, disease modifying medicines * Poorly controlled diabetes, hypertension, hepatitis, cardiac disease, liver diseases, carcinoma, drug abuse
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain | Change from baseline in Numerical Scale Downie at 16 weeks |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of Life | Change from Baseline in Short Form (SF) 36 at 16 weeks |
Other
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Functional capacity | Change from baseline in Barthel Index at 16 weeks |
Countries
India
Contacts
Primary ContactVirendra Shekhawat, MA
Outcome results
None listed