Status:

COMPLETED

Evaluation Study of the Effects of Sulphurous Water in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis.

Lead Sponsor:

Federal University of São Paulo

Conditions:

KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS

Eligibility:

All Genders

60-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The objectives are to evaluate the effects of immersion bath with sulphurous water in pain, joint mobility and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Patients will undergo three weekly ...

Detailed Description

The baths were performed in individual tubs, properly disinfected, supplied with thermal water and sulphurous thermal sulphurous not at a temperature 37-39 ° C, which encompass the optimum temperature...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • We selected individuals of both genders, diagnosed with Osteoarthritis of the knee according to the classification criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) only grades I to III chronic pain at some knees, for a minimum period of three months.

Exclusion

  • Patients with fibromyalgia;
  • Individuals with respiratory diseases;
  • Rheumatic diseases autoimmune inflammatory;
  • Patients with uncontrolled thyroidopathies;
  • Patients with injuries or amputations of lower limbs;
  • Patients with psychiatric disorders or cognitive;
  • Patients with a history of osteoporotic fracture;
  • Patients with malignant
  • Patients with infectious processes;
  • Patients pregnant;
  • Individuals who failed to enter the baths due to physical limitations;
  • Were also excluded those who were engaged in other forms of treatment or using painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs for other diseases. Note: were not excluded participants who were diagnosed with osteoarthritis in the spine, herniated, or degenerative disc protrusions.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

140 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01920360

Start Date

February 1 2011

End Date

December 1 2013

Last Update

August 13 2015

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Therms Antonio Carlos

Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 37701-000