TOPLINE:

A cycling and education intervention significantly improved self-reported function in hip osteoarthritis (OA) compared with standard physiotherapy. The group-based intervention was also cost-effective, with a cost per quality-adjusted life year below the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) threshold.

METHODOLOGY:

Researchers conducted a pragmatic randomized controlled trial comparing a group-based cycling and education intervention with usual physiotherapy care for hip OA (the CLEAT trial) in Bournemouth, UK.

A total of 221 patients (mean age, 64.4 years; 57% women; 98% White) with hip OA, as defined by NICE criteria, who met the primary care criteria for exercise referral were randomly assigned to either cycling against hip pain intervention (CHAIN, 110

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