Education and Exercise for Patients With Longstanding Hip and Groin Pain
RecruitingNot applicableNCT05853640
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Longstanding hip and groin pain (LHGP) is a common and debilitating problem in young to middle aged individuals. These patients often get referred to orthopedic departments. Consensus statements on the management of these patients commonly recommend a physical therapist-led intervention as the first line intervention. However, the optimal content and delivery of this intervention is currently unknown. In this study we will compare the effectiveness of usual care (unstructured physical therapist-led intervention) to a semi-structured, progressive individualized physical therapist-led intervention on hip-related quality of life in people with longstanding hip and groin pain referred to an orthopedic department.
Study details
- Official title
- Patients With Longstanding HIP and Groin Pain Referred to Orthopedic Care: Effectiveness of Education and exerciSe ThERapy (HIPSTER)
- Conditions
- Hip Pain Chronic
- Femoro Acetabular Impingement
- Groin Injury
- Interventions
- Other: Usual care
- Other: HIPSTER
- Sponsor
- Lund University
- Start date
- 2023-07-24
- Primary completion
- 2028-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 55 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Sweden
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Men and women aged 18-55 years * Referred to the Dept of Orthopedics due to hip and/or groin pain * Activity-related unilateral or bilateral groin pain \>3 months * Pain reproduced with the FADIR test. Exclusion Criteria: * Groin pain originating from any diagnosis with other treatment pathways, i.e., i) Acute traumatic hip injuries (such as hip dislocation, hip fractures); ii) Verified moderate or severe OA (Tönnis grade \>1); iii) Palpable hernia; iv) Low-back pain with a positive straight leg raise test and/or hip and groin pain provoked primarily by repeated motions of the lumbar spine; v) Sacroiliac joint pain with thigh thrust test. * Co-morbidities potentially interfering with treatment, i.e., i) Co-morbidities overriding the hip and groin-related symptoms and dysfunction (such as other acute lower limb injuries, rheumatoid arthritis etc), ii) Co-morbidities prohibiting physical activity and training (heart disease etc), iii) Current psycho-social disorders requiring treatment. * Other: i) History of drug abuse within the last year; ii) Not understanding the language of interest (Scandinavian languages, or English).
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05853640