Assessment and Treatment Responses to Patient Education and Basic Body Awareness Therapy in Hip Osteoarthritis: a Randomized Controlled Trial

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The incidence of hip osteoarthritis (OA) is rising in western countries due to an ageing population and the epidemic of obesity. Patients with hip OA tend to complain of hip pain and stiffness which affect alignment and mobility of the whole body and typically result in general musculoskeletal pain and disability. Clinical guidelines recommend a combination of exercise therapy, weight loss and education, adjusted to the individuals needs, to be tried out before arthroplasty eventually is offered. However, to obtain a satisfactory long-term outcome is a challenge as patients may not be motivated to comply with a training program including functional strength and mobility training, if not guided by a therapist. Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) may be an alternative training modality with a better potential for lasting effects. It is a low-impact movement therapy focusing on alignment of the body and quality of movements, implemented in daily life activities. In the BBAT learning process by doing, reflecting on and transferring body awareness into daily life movements, the investigators hypothesize that the patients will obtain self-efficacy and mastering, of importance for continued training on their own. This hypothesis will be examined in the present randomized controlled trial, comparing Patient Education combined with BBAT and Patient Education alone. The investigators will, accordingly, examine the supplementary effects of BBAT for patients with hip OA. They will also explore the importance of movement quality as observed by physiotherapist using Body Awareness Rating Scale, and how it relates to how patients perceive their movement performance. In the study the investigators will particularly address long-term effects of the intervention by comparing survival of the native hip in the two groups included in the study. Data from the study will be included in a national database of patients with non-surgical treatment of hip and knee OA (NOAR), giving rise to comparison of different movement therapies.

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