NCT01920360

Evaluation Study of the Effects of Sulphurous Water in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis.

Study of the Effects of Immersion Baths in Sulphurous Water in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 140 (actual)
• Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objectives are to evaluate the effects of immersion bath with sulphurous water in pain, joint mobility and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Patients will undergo three weekly baths in sulphurous water and not sulphurous, twenty minutes each, for ten weeks. The expected results are: reduction of pain, improved range of motion of the lower limbs with consequent increase in muscle mass improvement in postural balance, which will come due to the reduction of pain and improvement movements of the lower limbs; greater independence in performing the activities of daily living, better quality of life.

Detailed description

The baths were performed in individual tubs, properly disinfected, supplied with thermal water and sulphurous thermal sulphurous not at a temperature 37-39 ° C, which encompass the optimum temperatures for therapeutic bath. The baths lasted for 20 minutes. The subjects drank two cups of water, 300 ml before and after the baths, in order to avoid an imbalance water. Treatment consisted of 30 individual treatment sessions, three times a week, lasting twenty minutes each session, for ten weeks. The experiment was performed at the Therms Antonio Carlos, institution belonging to the Municipality of Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Conditions

• KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	SULPHUROUS WATERS IMMERSION BATHS	SULPHUROUS WATERS IMMERSION BATHS: The baths will be held in individual tubs, properly disinfected, supplied with sulphurous thermal water at a temperature 37-39 ° C, which encompass the optimum temperatures for therapeutic bath. The baths lasted for 20 minutes. The subjects will drink two cups of water, 300 ml before and after the baths, in order to avoid an imbalance water.
OTHER	NOT SULPHUROUS WATERS IMMERSION BATHS	NOT SULPHUROUS WATERS IMMERSION BATHS:The baths will be held in individual tubs, properly disinfected, supplied with not sulphur thermal water at a temperature 37-39 ° C, which encompass the optimum temperatures for therapeutic bath. The baths lasted for 20 minutes. The subjects will drink two cups of water, 300 ml before and after the baths, in order to avoid an imbalance water.
OTHER	CONTROL GROUP	CONTROL GROUP: This group did not receive any treatment, only received some verbal directions as to the care that should be taken to prevent and control the knee pain.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-02-01
• Primary completion: 2013-08-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2013-08-12
• Last updated: 2015-08-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil