Tai Chi and Hip School for Patients With Hip-OA.

NCT03872869 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 73/2005
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 89
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

A randomized, controlled study was conducted in southern Sweden with two intervention programs for individuals with X-ray-verified hip osteoarthritis (OA). The patients were randomized to 1 of 3 groups; namely Hip School, Tai Chi for Arthritis (TCA), or a group receiving no intervention. The results showed significant improvement in physical function and self-efficacy within the interventions groups Tai Chi and Hip School. The Tai Chi group showed improvement in body awareness and quality of movements, and in self-efficacy between baseline and 6- month follow-up. The Hip School group showed significant improvement in body awareness and quality of movements between baseline and 6-month follow-up.

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Keywords

osteoarthritis; patient education; Tai Chi; physical function

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Hip Osteoarthritis Outcomes Score (HOOS, Swedish version L.K 1.1)

  An instrument for assessing patients' options and limitations associated with their hip problems. The questionnaire consists of 39 items in 5 subscales, pain (P, 9 items), other symptoms including stiffness (S, 5 items), activity limitations daily living (ADL, 17 items), activity limitations recreation and sport (SP, 4 items) and hip-related quality of life (QOL, 4 items).

  Baseline, 6 month, 12 month

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Change in The Body Awareness Scale Movement Quality (BAS MQ)

  Baseline, 6 month

• Change in The Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT).

  Baseline, 6 month

• Change in Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)

  Baseline, 6 month, 12 month

• Change in The Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES)

  Baseline 6 month, 12 month

Study Arms (3)

Hip School

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The participants in the Hip School were required to attend three 1.5 hour classes which were conducted by specially trained physiotherapists in premise at Lund University.

Other: Hip school or Tai CHi for arthritis

Tai Chi for arthritis (TCA)

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The treatment intervention with TCA was scheduled in a group setting. Class size for Tai Chi groups was 8- 10 individuals. The group was led by a physiotherapist, specially trained in the concept, in premise at Lund University. The participants in the Tai Chi group were required to attend classes for 12-16 one- hour sessions, twice a week for the first four weeks and then once a week.

Other: Hip school or Tai CHi for arthritis

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

Hip school or Tai CHi for arthritis OTHER

Eighty-nine individuals were randomized to one of the three intervention groups 30 individuals to Tai Chi,30 individuals to Hip School and 29 individuals to the control group

Hip School; Tai Chi for arthritis (TCA)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 40 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• X-ray-verified hip OA, no walking aid and no joint replacements in the hips or knees.

You may not qualify if:

• no OA, joint replacement

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Lund University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Tai Ji

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Arthritis; Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Rheumatic Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Exercise Movement Techniques; Physical Therapy Modalities

Study Officials

• Anne Sundén, PhD

  Lund University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Masking Details: The investigators did not know which group the patients had been assigned to.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: RPT, PhD, Lecturer

Model Details: After an advertisement in a local paper, over 300 volunteers applied to participate in the study. All 300 received information about the study by mail or telephone. One hundred volunteers fulfilled the inclusion criteria: X-ray-verified hip OA, 40-75 years of age, no walking aid and no joint replacements in the hips or knees. Each individual had to specify at which hospital and when they had been X-rayed and/or received their diagnosis. A total of 89 subjects attended the baseline appointment and were randomized to one of the three groups. The randomization procedure, in blocks of 15, was generated by a computer-based system

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 25, 2019
• First Posted: March 13, 2019
• Study Start: January 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2009
• Study Completion: December 1, 2009
• Last Updated: March 13, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share