NCT07099573

Analysis of Hyperthermia as an Adjunctive Treatment to Evidence-based Clinical Intervention in Subjects With Bursitis: a Double-blind Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Malaga · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This project aims to analyze the use of hyperthermia within a bursitis treatment protocol, as well as to determine the difference between two and three sessions per week. Study participants will be divided into four intervention groups: the first will receive two sessions per week for a period of six months, while the second will receive three sessions per week for the same period. The treatment protocol will consist of therapeutic physical exercise focused on the affected joint, stretching of the involved muscles, and the application of hyperthermia to the bursa and surrounding areas. The third and fourth intervention groups will receive the same treatment as mentioned above, but without hyperthermia. The third group will receive three sessions per week, while the second group will receive two sessions per week. Two different types of measurement variables will be used: on the one hand, the objective variable will be measurement and assessment of the bursa using ultrasound imaging. Subjective measurement variables will also be used through validated questionnaires, which will address physical activity, perceived functional limitations, and the visual analog scale for pain perception.

Conditions

• Bursitis
• Hyperthermia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
RADIATION	Hyperthermia	Hyperthermia will be applied for a period of 15 to 20 minutes in the area to be treated, maintaining a thermal sensation of gentle heat for the patient and accompanied by active-assisted or passive mobilization of the structures adjacent to the bursa.
OTHER	Physical Exercise	The therapeutic physical exercise will consist of 3 periods of isometric contraction of 30 seconds, with a rest period of 1 minute, varying the number of repetitions from 3 to 5 depending on the patient's symptoms.
OTHER	Stretching	Stretching of the involved muscles will involve 3 periods of maximum tolerable stretching without pain, lasting 20 seconds and resting for 30 seconds.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-08-01
• Primary completion: 2025-10-31
• Completion: 2026-04-30
• First posted: 2025-08-01
• Last updated: 2025-08-01