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
Active Locations (1)
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Therms Antonio Carlos
Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 37701-000