Non-operative management of XXXX : A prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial pilot study.

@entity1 @entity1743 @entity24879 @entity158
OBJECTIVES: To determine the efficacy of physical therapy on @entity158 and physical function in @entity1 with @entity1743 . DESIGN: Randomized, @entity1 - and assessor blinded controlled trial pilot study. METHODS: This trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01814124) and reported according to Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) requirements. @entity1 were randomly assigned to receive either a combination of manual therapy and supervised exercise (MTEX), plus advice and home exercise or advice and home exercise alone (Ad+ @entity24879 ) over six weeks. Primary outcomes were @entity158 (Visual Analog Scale) and physical function (Hip Outcome Score) at week seven. RESULTS: Fifteen @entity1 , mean age 33.7 (SD 9.5, 73% female) satisfied the eligibility criteria and completed week seven measurements. The between group differences for changes in @entity158 or physical function were not significant. Both groups showed statistically significant improvements in @entity158 : the MTEX group improved a mean of 17.6mm and the Ad+ @entity24879 group, 18.0mm. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this pilot study provide preliminary evidence that symptomatic @entity1743 may be amenable to conservative treatment strategies however further full-scale randomized controlled trials are required to demonstrate this. In this small pilot study, supervised manual therapy and exercise did not result in greater improvement in @entity158 or function compared to advice and home exercise in @entity1 with symptomatic @entity1743 .
