NCT01622465

Effect of Cycle Ergometer in the Rehabilitation of Elderly Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty

Effect of Cycle Ergometer in the Rehabilitation of Elderly Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty: Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Campinas, Brazil · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of an exercise program with a cycle ergometer in functional outcome and related-health quality of life (RHQL) in elderly patients with total hip arthroplasty.

Detailed description

Behavioral: Ergometer Cycling Ergometer Cycling under the guidance of a physical therapist after the second postoperative week. These training sessions were scheduled to be performed two times a week for a time period of at least eith weeks. Behavioral: No ergometer cycling Patients of the no ergometer cycling group did not receive any ergometer cycling after surgery, only conventional exercises.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis, Hip
• Osteonecrosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Ergometer cycling	Patients will participate of the exercises program with ergometer cycling and conventional exercises. The program will initiate after two weeks of the postoperative and will continue until three months of the postoperative
BEHAVIORAL	Conventional exercises	Patients will participate only of the conventional exercises program. The program will initiate after two weeks of the postoperative and will continue until three months of the postoperative

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-08-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2014-04-01
• First posted: 2012-06-19
• Last updated: 2014-12-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil