Manual Therapy for the Treatment of Athletic Pubalgia

NCT05712486 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CASVE-NM-22-623
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 36
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Athletic osteitis pubis is a high prevalent pathology among athletes, especially in those who make quick change of direction of the movement, like runners or footballers. Despite the fact that there is evidence about conservative treatments, there is a lack of evidence about manual therapy (MT) techniques applied in isolation and its consequences in pain and range of movement. The investigators decided to conduct a randomized controlled trial to compare the effects of a MT technique with placebo technique.

Conditions

Osteitis Pubis

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Actual PAIN

  actual pain reported by the patient using visual analog scale (VAS) from 0 to 10, in which higher scores are worse.

  Baseline

• Actual PAIN

  actual pain reported by the patient using visual analog scale (VAS)from 0 to 10, in which higher scores are worse.

  after to two weeks of treatment

• Last week PAIN

  past week pain reported by the patient using visual analog scale (VAS) from 0 to 10, in which higher scores are worse.

  Baseline

• Last week PAIN

  past week pain reported by the patient using visual analog scale (VAS) from 0 to 10, in which higher scores are worse.

  after to two weeks of treatment

Secondary Outcomes (13)

• Range of Movement (ROM)

  Baseline

• Range of Movement (ROM)

  after to two weeks of treatment

• Pain in sport activities

  Baseline

• Pain in sport activities

  After two weeks of treatment

• Pain intensity in pain provocation tests: Single adductor, squeeze and bilateral adductor tests

  Baseline

Study Arms (2)

Lateral distraction group

EXPERIMENTAL

High force lateral distraction of affected hip.

Other: High force hip Lateral distraction

Placebo distraction group

SHAM COMPARATOR

Placebo lateral traction of affected hip.

Other: Placebo force hip lateral distraction

Interventions

High force hip Lateral distraction OTHER

Hip lateral distraction in adjusted position of maximun flexion and internal rotation, with neutral position of abduction/adduction applying high force of distraction.

Lateral distraction group

Placebo force hip lateral distraction OTHER

Hip lateral distraction in adjusted position of maximun flexion and internal rotation, with neutral position of abduction/adduction applying placebo force of distraction.

Placebo distraction group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 40 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Athletes diagnosed with osteitis pubis stage 1 with at least 3 months of evolution.
• Internal rotation ROM limited.
• Positive provocation pain tests.

You may not qualify if:

• Pain due to intraarticular hip pathology.
• Hip pain due to inflamatory diseases.
• Previous surgical interventions in hip, pelvis or lumbar spine.
• MRI results or provocation pain tests inconcluyent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Valladolid: lead

Study Sites (1)

Silvia Lahuerta Martín

Soria, Spain

Location

Study Officials

• Silvia Lahuerta Martín

  University of Valladolid

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Double- blind
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PH D student

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 16, 2023
• First Posted: February 3, 2023
• Study Start: February 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: October 30, 2025
• Study Completion: October 30, 2025
• Last Updated: March 25, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)