The Effects of Ambulatory Treatment at the Dead Sea on Osteoarthritis of the Knees
調査の概要
詳細な説明
Since stay in the Dead Sea for a long period of time is an expensive matter, it is important to determine whether twice a week treatments can be as beneficiary as two straight weeks of treatments as was shown to be effective in previous studies.
Our study will follow the patients for a longer period of time (6 months) than was done in previous studies.
An additional advantage will be separating the therapeutical effect of our specific treatment from the therapeutical effect of being in a comfortable hotel away from the daily nuisances for 2 weeks which by itself has been shown to be pain relieving in patients suffering from rheumatic diseases.
Our study will take 50 patients suffering from Osteoarthritis of the knees and divide them in to 2 equal groups. One group will be treated twice a week with thermo-mineral baths at the temperature of 35-36 degrees Celsius for approximately 20 minutes. The other group will be treated twice a week with hot sweet water tub (without the water jets!) of the same temperature and for the same length of time.
Both groups will change nothing in their current medical treatment.
The patients will be examined at 5 points during this study: a few days before their first treatment, right after their last treatment (after 6 weeks), after one month, after 3 months and after 6 months.
All examination will be performed in the Soroka University Medical Center.
The clinical indexes and questionnaires which would be filled during this trial will be:
- WOMAC index
- Lequesne's index
- Visual analogue scale by the patient
- Visual analogue scale by the doctor
- SF 36 and Health assessment questionnaire (HAQ)
研究の種類
入学 (予想される)
段階
- 適用できない
参加基準
適格基準
就学可能な年齢
- 子
- 大人
- 高齢者
健康ボランティアの受け入れ
受講資格のある性別
説明
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients suffering from Osteoarthritis of the knees according to the conventional measurements of the American College of Rheumatology and who are treated in the Rheumatological clinics of the Soroka University Medical Center
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients suffering from any other rheumatological disease other than osteoarthritis
- Patients that were previously treated with hydrotherapy or balneotherapy
- Patients suffering from balance disorders or loss of consciousness disorders such as epilepsy, arrhythmias etc.
研究計画
研究はどのように設計されていますか?
デザインの詳細
- 主な目的:処理
- 割り当て:ランダム化
- 介入モデル:並列代入
- マスキング:独身
この研究は何を測定していますか?
主要な結果の測定
結果測定 |
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Quality of life evaluation at one, three and six months
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Functional state of the patient at one, three and six months
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Osteoarthritis severity at one, three and six months
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協力者と研究者
捜査官
- 主任研究者:Shaul Sukenik, Prof.、Soroka University Medical Center
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最終確認日
詳しくは
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