Comparison of Outpatient and Inpatient Spa Therapy

NCT ID: NCT04531969

Last Updated: 2023-09-25

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

74 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-09-08

Study Completion Date

2022-12-15

Brief Summary

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In this study, we aimed to compare the effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient physical therapy modalities and spa combination treatments on pain and functional status in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Detailed Description

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Osteoarthritis (OA) has an important place in musculoskeletal diseases and is the most common rheumatic joint disorder characterized by progressive cartilage degeneration. Osteoarthritis of the knee is the most common symptomatic osteoarthritis characterized by chronic knee pain, joint stiffness, limited daily activities, and decreased quality of life.

In this study, it was aimed to compare the effects of inpatient and outpatient applications of HP, US, TENS, spa combination treatments on pain and functional status in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Conditions

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Osteoarthritis, Knee

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Parallel Assignment
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
Patients will be aware of group distribution due to the nature of the study. Therefore, the only outcome assessor will be blinded

Study Groups

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Inpatient group

Spa therapy,HP application, deep heater application, and TENS.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Spa therapy and conventional physical therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

HP application +deep heater application + TENS. HP application: A hotpack wrapped in a towel for 20 minutes will be placed on the knee and surrounding soft tissues.

Deep heater application: The application will be performed with a therapeutic ultrasound device at a dose of 1.5watt / cm2 for each string for 6 minutes.

TENS application:TENS device with two electrodes surrounding tendon will be performed for 30 minutes at low-frequency current application.

Spa therapy: A conventional water bath water at 38 ° C will be applied in the pool for 20 minutes a day.

Outpatient group

Spa therapy,HP application, deep heater application, and TENS.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Spa therapy and conventional physical therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

HP application +deep heater application + TENS. HP application: A hotpack wrapped in a towel for 20 minutes will be placed on the knee and surrounding soft tissues.

Deep heater application: The application will be performed with a therapeutic ultrasound device at a dose of 1.5watt / cm2 for each string for 6 minutes.

TENS application:TENS device with two electrodes surrounding tendon will be performed for 30 minutes at low-frequency current application.

Spa therapy: A conventional water bath water at 38 ° C will be applied in the pool for 20 minutes a day.

Interventions

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Spa therapy and conventional physical therapy

HP application +deep heater application + TENS. HP application: A hotpack wrapped in a towel for 20 minutes will be placed on the knee and surrounding soft tissues.

Deep heater application: The application will be performed with a therapeutic ultrasound device at a dose of 1.5watt / cm2 for each string for 6 minutes.

TENS application:TENS device with two electrodes surrounding tendon will be performed for 30 minutes at low-frequency current application.

Spa therapy: A conventional water bath water at 38 ° C will be applied in the pool for 20 minutes a day.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients diagnosed with primary knee osteoarthritis

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients who have secondary knee osteoarthritis due to various diseases
* Patients with pronounced pathology in the waist, hip and ankle joint, patients with active tumors
* Patients with febrile infectious disease
* Having had serious surgical operations in the last 6 months
* Patients who have undergone and/or have been injected with intraarticular steroid and hyaluronic acid into the knee joint
* Patients who have received balneotherapy and peloidotherapy in the last one year
* Patients with decompensated organ failure, those with inflammatory disease, those with pregnancy and breastfeeding
* People with neurological diseases such as epilepsy, inner ear hearing aids, pacemakers and other individuals with a small metallic implant
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Abant Izzet Baysal University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ramazan KURUL

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Mustafa Fatih Yaşar, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Bolu Abant Izzet Baylsa University

Locations

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Abant Izzet Baysal University

Bolu, Merkez, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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Physical Med-2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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