NCT01214954

Early Rehabilitation After Total Hip Replacement

Early Rehabilitation After Toal Hip Replacement. -Effect of Supervised Progressive Resistance Training

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 73 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Aarhus · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether supervised progressive resistance training is effective in the early phase after Total Hip Replacement. The investigators hypothesise that 10 weeks of supervised, progressive resistance training immediately after discharge will lead to increased functional performance, muscle strength and muscle power compared to standard rehabilitation consisting of home-based exercise.

Detailed description

After total hip replacement (THR) surgery there is a documented deficit in muscle strength and functional performance. There is a lack of evidence concerning the effectiveness of postoperative physiotherapy and training, however a few small studies have shown promising effect of resistance training. The present study will provide new and important knowledge concerning the effect of different rehabilitation strategies after THR. This might lead to a change in the rehabilitation regimes and faster and better recovery after THR surgery.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis, Hip

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Supervised progressive resistance training	Resistance training 2 times/week initiated within the first week after total hip replacement. The training is supervised by physiotherapists and individually progressed.
OTHER	Control group	Standard rehabilitation consisting of home-based exercises with 2 postoperative instructions by a physiotherapist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-09-01
• Primary completion: 2013-01-01
• Completion: 2013-11-01
• First posted: 2010-10-05
• Last updated: 2013-11-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark