NCT01616030

Early Strength Training After Hip Fracture Surgery

Feasibility of Progressive Strength Training in the Early Post Surgical Rehabilitation Period After Hip Fracture Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients treated surgically for a hip fracture have a need of rehabilitation for the regain of former functional skills. Despite an optimized fast track in-hospital rehabilitation program it has been found that patients with hip fracture within 2 weeks after the hip fracture loose more than half of their muscle strength in the fractured limb compared to non-fractured limb. New studies including patients with total hip arthroplasty and strength training applied early after surgery has shown promising results regarding prevention of loss of muscle strength. No similar study has been found including patients with hip fracture. The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of progressive knee-extension strength training of the hip fractured limb, starting Day 1 after surgical treatment for a hip fracture and proceeded every weekday during their hospital stay. The study will include 20 patients surgically treated for a cervical hip fracture and 20 patients surgically treated for an intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric fracture. All patients are admitted from their own home. Age 60 years or older.

Detailed description

Kronborg L, Bandholm T, Palm H, Kehlet H, Kristensen MT (2014) Feasibility of Progressive Strength Training Implemented in the Acute Ward after Hip Fracture Surgery. PLoS ONE 9(4): e93332. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093332

Conditions

• Hip Fractures

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Knee-extension strength training of the fractured limb	Daily knee-extension strength training with 3 x 10 repetitions using an intensity of 10 Repetition Maximum (RM) for the hip fractured limb started as soon as possible after surgery.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-06-01
• Primary completion: 2013-03-01
• Completion: 2013-03-01
• First posted: 2012-06-11
• Last updated: 2014-05-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark