NCT03826511

The Effects of Tiszasüly and Kolop Mud-pack Therapy in Knee Osteoarthritis

The Effects of Tiszasüly and Kolop Mud-pack Therapy in Knee Osteoarthritis: Randomized Non-inferiority Controlled Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Petz Aladar County Teaching Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this double-blind, randomized, follow-up study investigators evaluated and compared the effects of Tiszasüly and Kolop mud-pack therapy on pain, function and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis. 30 patients were treated with Tiszasüly hot mud-pack (Group 1), 30 patients with Kolop hot mud-pack (Group 2) for 10 working days. Knee pain, function a nd qualitiy of life were measured at baseline, at the end of treatment and 3 months later.

Detailed description

The aim of this non-inferiority study was to evaluate and compare the effects of Tiszasüly and Kolop mud-pack therapy on pain, function and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Methods: In this double-blind, randomized, follow-up study 60 patients with knee osteoarthritis were treated with either Tiszasüly hot mud-pack (Group 1), or with Kolop hot mud-pack (Group 2) on 10 occasions for 2 weeks (10 working days). 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for knee pain, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC), Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), Lequesne Index for physical function and EuroQoL-5D for quality-of-life measure were recorded at baseline, at the end of treatment (Week 2) and 3 months later (Week 12).

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Tiszasüly hot mud-pack therapy	Patients received Tiszasüly hot mud-packs (42 Celsius degree) for 30 minutes on 10 occasions for 2 weeks (10 working days) on the painful knee.
OTHER	Kolop mud-pack	Patients received Kolop hot mud-packs (42 Celsius degree) for 30 minutes on 10 occasions for 2 weeks (10 working days) on the painful knee.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-08-01
• Primary completion: 2018-02-01
• Completion: 2018-02-01
• First posted: 2019-02-01
• Last updated: 2019-02-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hungary