Active clinical trials for "Musculoskeletal Diseases"

Musculoskeletal pain is very common in the normal population, and the reason for about 50 % of the long term sickness absence in Norway. Most of these patients have common, but troublesome subjective health complaints where pathological findings are absent or substantially less than expected compared to the reported intensity of the complaints. Psychosocial factors are important in the development of chronic complaints. In a large meta-analysis job satisfaction was found to be associated with mental health and subjective physical health. Individual factors are also important. Uncertainty related to the understanding of pain mechanisms, treatment strategies and management contribute to the problem. Among patients sicklisted for musculoskeletal complaints, low back pain is the largest diagnose group. Most of these patients also have many other complaints. Previous studies have shown that for low back pain patients a brief intervention at a spine clinic with examination, information, reassurance, and encouragement to engage in physical activity as normal as possible, had significant effect in reducing sick leave. Other studies have shown that multidisciplinary rehabilitation for chronic low back pain has effect on sick leave. A Danish study from Arbeidsmiljøinstituttet report that interdisciplinary treatment for patients sicklisted for musculoskeletal complaints, had effect on socio-economic costs, pain, and function. A treatment team consisting of various professionals is expensive, and in this study we will compare the simple, standardized brief intervention model with the more resource demanding interdisciplinary treatment for patients sicklisted for musculoskeletal complaints. Research question / hypothesis: An interdisciplinary treatment model for musculoskeletal complaints - is it beneficial for reducing sickness absence?

This is a clinical study to investigate the safety and efficacy of Synvisc and Depo-Medrol in treating patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip.

The long-term objectives of this research project are to enhance program participation and improve the employment prospects of people with work disability due to arthritis and related musculoskeletal disorders (ARMD) who are actively seeking vocational (job-related) rehabilitation (VR) services. This study is designed to compare the employment situations of a group of people receiving a two-part intervention and a group that is not receiving the intervention. The intervention consists of training sessions to help prospective VR clients with ARMD successfully enter and complete the VR program, and training sessions for a randomly selected group of VR professionals to help them serve VR clients with ARMD more effectively.

NB. This study has been previously registered with the National Trial Registry (NTR6266) that has been cancelled. The registered trial has been automatically transferred to a new "Landelijk Trial Register", which does not contain all correct information on the current study and where no corrections can be made. Hence, the current study has been registered again with ClinicalTrials.gov. The goal of this clinical trial is to study the effectiveness of an online self-management intervention in adult patients with hand osteoarthritis and to explore the possibilities to implement the intervention in clinical practice after the study period. An RCT will be performed, in which 70 participants will be randomized to either care-as-usual (hand osteoarthritis care path, including consultation with the rheumatologist and a 1,5-hour consultation with a clinical nurse or occupational therapist, n=35) or care-as-usual plus the online self-management intervention (n=35). The primary effect constitutes of the difference in change in pain coping between patients in the intervention and control condition from baseline to post-intervention. As secondary outcomes, a number of other psychological and physical outcome measures will be assessed (e.g., health-related quality of life, well-being, pain impact on daily life, pain cognitions). Also, cost-effectiveness of the intervention will be measured, by assessing productivity loss and health care use of participants (using iPCQ and iMCQ).

Emergency departments (ED) in several countries integrated physiotherapists in order to reduce wait times for patients with musculoskeletal disorders (MSKD). These initiatives have indeed reduced wait times, length of stay, time waited before seeing a professional and the prescription of unnecessary consultations and diagnostic tests. In Canada, such initiatives are marginal and their effects have not been studied. The objectives of the project are to evaluate the effects of physiotherapy management of patients with MSKD in ED compared to usual practice on clinical course of patients, use of services and resources, and waiting time and length of stay in ED. The hypothesis is that patients presenting with a MSKD to the ED with direct access to a physiotherapist will have better clinical outcomes and that use of services, waiting time, and length of stay are going to be inferior to those of the EP group.

Knee osteoarthritis is a common disease that causes pain and loss of function. Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is a frequently used surgical method in the treatment of severe knee osteoarthritis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of TKA on IL-6, TNF-α and IL-1β cytokine levels, pain intensity at rest and walking, knee joint valgity angle,malaligment, functional status and knee joint position sense.

The aim of this research project is to evaluate the effect of an acute exercise intervention on pain intensity and movement control. It also aims to investigate potential differences in movement con-trol between patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain compared to healthy controls.

The purpose of this study is to compare the sedation efficacy of dexmedetomidine and remimazolam for intraoperative sedation during regional block.

This research aims to investigate the effect of high-intensity laser therapy on pain, function, nerve conduction studies and grip strength in patients with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome.

Rehabilitation for work-related musculoskeletal disorders involves physical, behavioral, psychological treatment and counseling on how to deal with pain and disability. The study aims to evaluate the profile and indicators on the perception of health, pain intensity, and work ability (WA) of disability with work-related chronic musculoskeletal disease, assisted in a multidisciplinary program of worker health care.