New study: could physical therapy boost hip injection results?
NCT ID NCT06653985
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether adding physiotherapy to a hip injection (corticosteroid plus hyaluronic acid) helps reduce pain and improve function more than the injection alone. It includes 100 adults aged 40-60 with mild hip arthritis, labral tears, or hip impingement. Participants will receive either the injection plus physiotherapy or the injection alone, and their progress will be tracked over time.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 100 people
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- Started
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May 2024
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
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- Lead sponsor
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A company
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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40 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients aged 40-60 years old. 2. Patients with mild hip arthritis (Kellgren-Lawrence grade 2 or lower) with or without a labral tear and/or femoroacetabular impingement and/or mild hip dysplasia. 3. Patients who demonstrate more than 50% reduction in hip pain following a diagnostic injection (ultrasound guided intra-articular anaesthetic only). 4. Able to subsidize private physiotherapy services. 5. Able to provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Active infection 2. Osteonecrosis of the hip, moderate to severe arthritis (Kellgren-Lawrence grade 3 or higher), or moderate-to-severe hip dysplasia 3. Previous hip fracture, pelvic fracture, or lower limb fracture, 4. Previous surgery to the pelvis, hip or lower limb 5. Hypermobility disorder or connective tissue disease (e.g. Ehler's-Danlos syndrome, Marfan's syndrome etc.) 6. Patients with chronic low back pain and/or sciatica 7. Patients who received an intra-articular steroid hip injection within 3 months 8. Patients who have previously received a hyaluronic acid injection 9. Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision. 10. Injuries sustained in the workplace and have a worker's compensation claim. 11. Injuries resulting in a medico-legal dispute. 12. Patients who are pregnant of planning to become pregnant 13. Currently enrolled in a study that does not permit co-enrollment 14. Unable to obtain informed consent 15. Unable to comply with the study protocol 16. Contraindication to corticosteroid or hyaluronic acid injection 17. Prior enrollment in the study.
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Locations
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ArthroBiologix
RECRUITINGHamilton, Ontario, Canada
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