NCT00808483

Walking Skill Training Program Effects in Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty

Effect of a Walking Skill Training Program in Patients Who Have Undergone Total Hip Arthroplasty: Followup One Year After Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Oslo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Rehabilitation plays an important part after total hip arthroplasty. In this common practice few studies have been performed on this issue. The aims of this study were: 1. to examine the immediate effects of a walking skill training program on walking, stair climbing, balance, self-reported physical functioning physical functioning, pain and self-efficacy compared to a control group without supervised physiotherapy 2. to examine whether the effects persisted 12 months after surgery

Conditions

• Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
• Exercise Therapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Walking skill training program	12 individualized training sessions containing functional exercises like walking, stair climbing, balance training and with supervision and guidance from a physiotherapist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-10-01
• Primary completion: 2011-04-01
• Completion: 2011-04-01
• First posted: 2008-12-15
• Last updated: 2015-01-09
• Results posted: 2015-01-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway