Fascial Manipulation in Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis

Evaluation of the Efficacy of Treatment of the Soft Tissues With Fascial Manipulation for Patients That Are Waiting for Total Hip Arthroplasty in Osteoarthritis

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02305108

Acronym

manifahip

Enrollment

Registered

2014-12-02

Start date

2014-06-30

Completion date

2015-06-30

Last updated

2015-11-20

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Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Brief summary

The study will test the efficacy of the treatment of soft tissues for osteoarthritis patients that are waiting for total hip arthroplasty. The fascial manipulation provides a deep pressure of specific points of the muscle fascia. The aims of this treatment are the improve of pain before the surgery and the improve of functional performance after the surgery.

Interventions

OTHERfascial manipulation

Recruited patients in study's group will be treated with the standard treatment and fascial manipulation. Specific points of fascial tissue will be treated with a deep friction to improve elasticity. The number of point treated will be refered to a specific evaluation for each patient. Fascial manipulation provide 3 session treatment (one treatment for week).

OTHERstandard treatment

Before surgery, standard physiotherapy treatment provides an education session about the rehabilitation program tha is going to be execute after surgery. After surgery 2 daily physiotherapy treatment are implemented: bed exercise as active and passive flex-extension of lower limb, movements for postural change to reach sitting and standing position, walking training.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

40 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patients age 40-80, with primary coxarthrosis waiting for total hip arthroplasty that complain a pain measured by Numeric Rating Scale ≥ 5 and that live in Bologna

Exclusion criteria

* arthroplasty revision or substitution. Patient with cognitive deficiency and severe comorbidity (rheumatic, neurological or cardiovascular pathology)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
pain is measured by numeric rating scale	3 weeks before surgery

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
performance measurement assessed with Oxford Hip Scale, 30 second chair stand test, 10 meters walking test, Iova level of assistance.	a month after surgery

Countries

Italy

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026