Recruiting

Physical Therapy

Sponsor:

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Code:

NCT04720846

Conditions

Hip Pain

Groin Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 60

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Matrix-based physical therapy

Standard-of-care physical therapy

Study Details

Brief summary:

There is currently limited literature on a categorized physical therapy protocol for management of hip pain. Only a handful of studies have looked at the treatment of osteoarthritis of the hip with a standardized physical therapy treatment, primarily looking at manual therapy versus exercise therapy protocols. However, there are no studies observing the effect of a standardized physical therapy program on patients presenting with non-arthritic hip and groin pain. Based on the gap in the literature, this study will aim to assess the effect of matrix-based standard of care therapy in patients presenting with non-arthritic hip and groin pain.

Conditions

Hip Pain

Groin Pain

Study ID

NCT04720846

Start date

Dec 2, 2020

Status verified date

Apr, 2026

Completion date

Feb, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 60

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • New patient presenting with non-arthritic hip impingement, hip pain, and groin pain (Tonnis 0-1)
  • 18-60 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Arthritic hip pain (Tonnis 2+)
  • <18 and >60 years old
  • History of spinal fusion surgery
  • History of low back pain with radicular pain
  • History of hip arthroscopy
  • History of inflammatory conditions, and other concurrent problems interfering with hip therapy (i.e., concurrent back/knee/foot/ankle/shoulder issues)
  • Patients currently taking TNF-alpha inhibitors for inflammatory conditions
  • History of prior knee osteotomy
  • Non-English speakers

Study Design

Enrollment

70 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Control

Patients will receive standard-of-care physical therapy.

experimental: Matrix-Based PT

Patients will receive matrix-based physical therapy, in addition to standard-of-care physical therapy.

Interventions

Matrix-based physical therapy

Matrix-based physical therapy will be physical therapy that is based on the matrix categorization of the patient (stiff vs. mobile hips, weak vs. strong hips) and involves instructions on the amount of time that should be spent doing stretching and strengthening therapy.

Standard-of-care physical therapy

Physical therapy that is being conducted as standard-of-care

Primary outcome measure

  • iHOT-12 (International Hip Outcome Tool-12) [ Time Frame: Up to 6 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Jennifer Cheng

6467146870chengj@hss.edu

Locations

Hospital for Special Surgery

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10021

Contacts

Jennifer Cheng

chengj@hss.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Last update posted

Apr 28, 2026

Last verified

Apr, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Hospital for Special Surgery, New York on 2026-04-28.