NCT02098694

Physiotherapy-led Outpatient Clinic for Patients With Spondyloarthritis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients with spondyloarthritis are more satisfied with a physiotherapy-led outpatient clinic than usual care and whether there is a difference between patients in a physiotherapy-led outpatient clinic and those in usual care regarding disease activity, function and mobility.

Conditions

• Spondylarthritis
• Spondylitis, Ankylosing
• Spondylarthropathies
• Sacroiliitis
• Arthritis, Psoriatic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Physiotherapy follow-up	Physiotherapy consultation every 4 months containing assessment of the spine and its mobility, including axial joints, assessment of the patients activity profile. Instruction in home-exercises and recommendations for optimization of activity profile. Information regarding the disease and the importance of physical activity and exercise.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2015-04-01
• Completion: 2015-04-01
• First posted: 2014-03-28
• Last updated: 2020-06-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway