NCT00848913

Strength Training After Hip Fracture Surgery

Effect of Rehabilitation With Versus Without Progressive Strength Training Implemented in the Acute Ward After Hip Fracture Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hvidovre University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of progressive strength training of the fractured limb in patients with hip fracture, during admittance in an acute orthopedic ward. The primary study hypothesis is that the training will reduce the strength deficit in the fractured limb in comparison with the non-fractured limb. Secondary, that patients following the intervention will present larger improvements in physical function compared to controls.

Conditions

• Hip Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Rehabilitation with strength training	Basic mobility and exercise therapy following a guideline with 12 specific exercises, progressed individually, and supplemented with progressive knee-extension strength training (10RM) of the fractured limb using ankle weight cuffs, daily during hospital stay.
OTHER	Rehabilitation without strength training	Basic mobility and exercise therapy without strength training following a guideline with 12 specific exercises, progressed individually.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-10-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2009-02-20
• Last updated: 2015-06-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark