Efficacy of self-management program associated with a spa therapy for knee osteoarthritis patients (GETT 2): a research protocol for a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Osteoarthritis is a chronic pathology that involves multidisciplinary management. Self-management for patients is an essential element, present in all international guidelines. During the time of the spa therapy, the patient is receptive to take the advantage of self-management workshops. The aim of this study is to assess the effects of 18 days spa therapy associated with a self-management intervention in patients with knee osteoarthritis in comparison with spa therapy alone on a priority objective, personalized and determined with the patient, chosen in the list of 5 objectives determined during the self-management initial assessment.

Methods and analysis

Two hundred fifty participants with knee osteoarthritis will participate to this multicenter, prospective,

SUBMITTER: Goldstein A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9854168 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature