Dose-response: Exercise Therapy on Hip Osteoarthritis

Norwegian University of Science and Technology35 enrolled

Overview

Osteoarthritis is a common disease that causes muscle weakness, stiffness and instability. The disease reduces the opportunities for an active lifestyle. Exercise Therapy provides a well-documented effect on pain and function in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip. It is sought an optimal dose of exercise, in which this study will help to investigate. We hypothesize that an exercise program designed to have a high number of repetitions will benefit the outcome of the training in a more positive way than a low-repetition based program.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Hip

Interventions

High-Dosage Exercise TherapyOTHER

Structure of the exercise program done three times per week, for eight weeks: 5-10 minutes of global exercise (cycling, walking on treadmill etc.) Four local exercises (3 series of 30 repetitions) 5-10 minutes of global exercise (cycling, walking on treadmill etc.) Four local exercises (3 series of 30 repetitions) 5-10 minutes of global exercise (cycling, walking on treadmill etc.)

Low-Dosage Exercise TherapyOTHER

Structure of the exercise program done three times per week, for eight weeks: 5-10 minutes of global exercise (cycling, walking on treadmill etc.) Four local exercises (3 series of 10 repetitions) 5-10 minutes of global exercise (cycling, walking on treadmill etc.) Four local exercises (3 series of 10 repetitions) 5-10 minutes of global exercise (cycling, walking on treadmill etc.)

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 45 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * At least three month since debut of the disease * Age above 45 years * Ability to complete the intervention Exclusion Criteria: * Pain above 4 on VAS during gait * Pregnancy * Autoimmune disease * Cardiovascular disease * Respiratory disease * Metabolic disease * Neurological signs * Planned hip-replacement surgery within the next year * Received exercise therapy within the last 3 months

Locations (1)

Fysioterapitjenesten i Ørsta

Ørsta, Norway