Education and Exercise for Patients With Longstanding Hip and Groin Pain
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-55
SponsorLund University
About this trial
Longstanding hip and groin pain (LHGP) is a common and debilitating problem in young to middle aged individuals. These patients often get referred to orthopedic departments. Consensus statements on the management of these patients commonly recommend a physical therapist-led intervention as the first line intervention. However, the optimal content and delivery of this intervention is currently unknown. In this study we will compare the effectiveness of usual care (unstructured physical therapist-led intervention) to a semi-structured, progressive individualized physical therapist-led intervention on hip-related quality of life in people with longstanding hip and groin pain referred to an orthopedic department.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Men and women aged 18-55 years
Referred to the Dept of Orthopedics due to hip and/or groin pain
Activity-related unilateral or bilateral groin pain >3 months
Pain reproduced with the FADIR test.
Disqualifiers
Groin pain originating from any diagnosis with other treatment pathways, i.e., i) Acute traumatic hip injuries (such as hip dislocation, hip fractures); ii) Verified moderate or severe OA (Tönnis grade >1); iii) Palpable hernia; iv) Low-back pain with a positive straight leg raise test and/or hip and groin pain provoked primarily by repeated motions of the lumbar spine; v) Sacroiliac joint pain with thigh thrust test.
Co-morbidities potentially interfering with treatment, i.e., i) Co-morbidities overriding the hip and groin-related symptoms and dysfunction (such as other acute lower limb injuries, rheumatoid arthritis etc), ii) Co-morbidities prohibiting physical activity and training (heart disease etc), iii) Current psycho-social disorders requiring treatment.
Other: i) History of drug abuse within the last year; ii) Not understanding the language of interest (Scandinavian languages, or English).
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Usual care
- HIPSTER
Treatment groups
122 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov