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UNKNOWN
A Comparison of Kneipp Hydrotherapy With Conventional Physiotherapy in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Hip or Knee: Protocol of a Prospective Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Kneippsche Stiftungen
Collaborating Sponsors:
Otto-Schönfisch Foundation/ Bad Wörishofen/ Germany
Conditions:
Osteoarthritis of the Hip or Knee
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE1
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The study design consists of a prospective randomised controlled three-armed clinical trial, which will be carried out at a specialist clinic for integrative medicine, to investigate the clinical effe...
Detailed Description
The main aim of this three-armed clinical study will be to determine the effects of hydrotherapy with alternate cold and warm affusions of the thigh in the concomitant treatment of osteoarthritis of t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age \> 18 years
- Symptomatic osteoarthritis of hip or knee (following the revised criteria of the American College of Rheumatology)
- Willingness to comply with follow-up assessments and treatment
- Ability to understand, read and speak German
Exclusion
- Endoprothetic replacement of hip or knee joint
- Inflammatory arthropathy of the hip or the knee
- Acute, hot, red and swollen knee or hip joint (unknown focus)
- Inflammatory system diseases which could interfere with the evaluation of the therapy procedure
- CNS diseases, especially epilepsy
- Anamnesis of deep vein thrombosis in the past 12 months
- Severe lung disease such as e.g. COPD stages GOLD III - GOLD IV
- Heart failure NYHA III - NYHA IV
- Myocardial ischemia with or without intervention within the last 3 months before inpatient admission
- Cancer in advanced stage
- Large skin wounds or inflammatory and ulcerated dermatosis of the legs
- Severe febrile infectious diseases
- Non treated hypertension
- Participation in another clinical study within the past four weeks
- Pregnancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
180 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00950326
Start Date
January 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2010
Last Update
July 31 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Kneipp-Clinic
Bad Wörishofen, Bavaria, Germany, D- 86825