Effect of Egoscue Corrective Exercise Prescription on Acute and Short-term Chronic Knee and Hip Pain
NCT ID: NCT02374034
Last Updated: 2015-02-27
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
40 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2014-04-30
2014-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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All participants completed a pre-participation questionnaire that included questions about age, gender, injuries, pain medication use, and previous or planned total hip and/or knee arthroplasty. Participants completed two versions of the VAS for knee and/or hip pain: one for pain at rest and one for pain during movement. If participants had pain in multiple joints, they were told to record their overall level of pain. Participants were told to indicate their "usual pain" over the past seven days. Participants needed to have a VAS pain score of at least 3 cm (either at rest or during movement) in order to participate in the study. Participants also completed the WOMAC at the time of the visit. Participants' body mass was measured to the nearest 0.1 kg and height to the nearest 0.5 cm using a digital scale and a stadiometer, respectively.
Egoscue Method protocol was followed and a postural alignment specialist trained in postural evaluation conducted an assessment. To reduce possible inter-rater error, the same researcher conducted all postural evaluations. An individualized exercise program (E-cise menu) was generated using the ePeteTM software (version 4.4.3) based on the noted postural deviations. To ensure that all participants were prescribed the same volume of exercise, the E-cise menus were adjusted by adding or removing exercises so the time required to complete the exercises was approximately 45 minutes.
Participants in the exercise group were led through their complete E-cise menu by the researcher to ensure competency on the exercises. Participants in the control group did not perform any exercises for 45 minutes. Following the first exercise session or 45 minutes of rest, participants completed the VAS again for their current knee and/or hip pain at rest and with movement.
All participants were given logs (one for each day of the week), which they were to fill out every evening before retiring to bed. These logs contained questions about their compliance to the E-cise menu (for those in the exercise group), pain medication use, and a VAS for pain at rest and during movement. Participants in the control group were instructed to maintain their current lifestyle for the two week duration of the study and a return visit was scheduled one week later. Participants in the exercise group were scheduled for a return visit the following day so that E-cises could be observed for competency and any adjustments could be made to the E-cise menu if participants were experiencing pain during an E-cise. Participants in the exercise group were instructed to complete their E-cise menu at home on at least five days of the week, but preferably every day, for the next two weeks.
All participants were assessed and evaluated on all variables previously mentioned at the end of week number 1 and again at the end of the study after week number 2. Participants in the control group were given a personalized E-cise menu, along with instructions, at this time.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Treatment
Experimental group (n=20) completed a corrective exercise routine, as per the Egoscue Method, at least five days per week for two weeks.
Corrective exercise
Participants were assigned to either the exercise group, which performed Egoscue corrective exercises for two weeks, or the control group, which did not receive any treatment for two weeks.
Control
The control group maintained their current lifestyle for the two-week duration of the study.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Corrective exercise
Participants were assigned to either the exercise group, which performed Egoscue corrective exercises for two weeks, or the control group, which did not receive any treatment for two weeks.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* pain will be defined as pain on most days of the week for at least 12 weeks
Exclusion Criteria
* currently receiving any form of pain treatment such as physiotherapy, chiropractic, intraarticular injections, or prescription pain medications
* exhibited a severe lack of mobility
* reported an initial pain level \< 3 cm on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scale
* pregnant
* unable to understand English
18 Years
71 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Brigham Young University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Ron Hager
Associate Professor
References
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Other Identifiers
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X13-0032
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id