NCT04531969

Comparison of Outpatient and Inpatient Spa Therapy

Comparison of Outpatient and Inpatient Spa Therapy in Knee Osteoarthritis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 74 (actual)
• Sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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

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

• Osteoarthritis, Knee

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-08
• Primary completion: 2022-12-01
• Completion: 2022-12-15
• First posted: 2020-08-31
• Last updated: 2023-09-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)