Exercise and Patient Education for Patients With Lateral Hip Pain

NCT06418217 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 1-16-02-180-24
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This prospective cohort trial will investigate a progressive exercise protocol and patient education for patients with hip abductor tendon pathology. The primary outcome is patient reported pain measured by the revised Copenhagen Hip And Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS), that will be conducted at baseline and at a 12 week follow-up.

Conditions

Gluteal Tendinitis; Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome; Hip and Thigh Injury; Rupture of Hip Abductor Tendon (Disorder)

Keywords

Exercise; Patient education; Lateral Hip Pain; Rehabilitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in patient-reported pain measured with the revised Copenhagen Hip And Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS) (continuous data)

  The subscale "pain" on HAGOS measures the patients perception of hip and/or groin pain. It consist of ten items. A score from 0 to 100 is calculated, where a higher score is indicating lower pain.

  From baseline to 3 months follow-up. The outcome is also conducted at 6-week follow-up.

Secondary Outcomes (15)

• Changes in patient-reported symptoms measured with the revised Copenhagen Hip And Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS) (continuous data)

  From baseline to 3 months follow-up. The outcome is also conducted at 6-week follow-up.

• Changes in patient-reported physical function in daily living (ADL) measured with the revised Copenhagen Hip And Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS) (continuous data)

  From baseline to 3 months follow-up. The outcome is also conducted at 6-week follow-up.

• Changes in patient-reported physical function in sport and recreational activities (sport/recreation) measured with the revised Copenhagen Hip And Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS) (continuous data)

  From baseline to 3 months follow-up. The outcome is also conducted at 6-week follow-up.

• Changes in patient-reported participation in physical activities (PA) measured with the revised Copenhagen Hip And Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS) (continuous data)

  From baseline to 3 months follow-up. The outcome is also conducted at 6-week follow-up.

• Changes in patient-reported quality of life (QOL) measured with the revised Copenhagen Hip And Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS) (continuous data)

  From baseline to 3 months follow-up. The outcome is also conducted at 6-week follow-up.

Other Outcomes (1)

• Adherence to the exercise program.

  From baseline to 3 months follow-up.

Study Arms (1)

Physiotherapist-led exercise

EXPERIMENTAL

Physiotherapy-led exercise of patients with lateral hip pain

Procedure: Exercise and Patient Education

Interventions

Exercise and Patient Education PROCEDURE

Patients will undergo a 12-week physiotherapist-led exercise program consisting of 8 supervised sessions and home-based training in between. Patients will keep training diaries, where each session is tracked in regards of completed repetitions and pain before and after the sessions. Each session will consist of four exercises.

Physiotherapist-led exercise

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Age 18-75 years
• MRI verified HATP
• Lateral hip pain duration \> 6 months
• Ability to read and understand Danish.

You may not qualify if:

• Corticosteroid injection in the affected hip joint within the last six weeks prior to the intervention
• Previous bone-related surgery to the affected hip,
• Signs of bilateral HATP
• X-ray verified hip osteoarthritis
• Pregnancy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jeppe Lange: lead
• University of Aarhus: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Horsens Regional Hospital

Horsens, Horsens, 8700, Denmark

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

• Hogsholt M, Kierkegaard-Brochner S, Lange J, Thorborg K, Bohn MB. Physiotherapist-led education and exercise for patients with MRI-verified hip abductor tendon pathology: a protocol for a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2025 Sep 11;15(9):e106517. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106517.

  PMID: 40940047 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

Exercise; Patient Education as Topic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena; Health Education; Preventive Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Officials

• Mathias Høgsholt, PT, PhD.st.

  Horsens Regional Hospital; Aarhus University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Jeppe Lange, MD, PhD

  Horsens Regional Hospital; Aarhus University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Signe Kierkegaard-Brøchner, PhD

  Regionshospitalet Horsens

  STUDY CHAIR

• Kristian Thorborg, PhD

  Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre

  STUDY CHAIR

• Marie Bagger Bohn, MD, PhD

  Regionshospitalet Horsens

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Mathias Høgsholt, PT,PhD.-st.

CONTACT

+45 24205299; mathhg@rm.dk

Jeppe Lange, MD, PhD

CONTACT

jepplang@rm.dk

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MD, PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 13, 2024
• First Posted: May 17, 2024
• Study Start: May 17, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): November 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): February 1, 2027
• Last Updated: June 26, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: Immediately following publication and ending 5 years following primary article publication.
• Access Criteria: Proposals should be directed to mathhg@rm.dk. To gain access, data requestors will need to sign a data access agreement.

Locations

DK (1)