NCT02407444

Treatment Efficacy of Leg Cycling as Part of Physiotherapy Treatment in Elderly Patients With Hip Fracture

A Comparison of Two Physiotherapy Treatment Protocols, With and Without Cycling Training , in Elderly Patients With Hip Fractures at Their Subacute Stage Following Surgery

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Rabin Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 95 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to evaluate whether a combination of cycling training as part of physiotherapy treatment will contribute more than conventional physiotherapy treatment for elderly patients after hip fracture surgery in their subacute phase of rehabilitation.

Detailed description

Adults who have experienced a fall, followed by proximal hip fracture that required surgery, suffer from specific problems that interrupt the rehabilitation period in their subacute phase. Various modes of treatment available as part of the physical rehabilitation but there is not enough data in the literature regarding the contribution of cycling training with leg cycle ergometer as part of conventional physiotherapy treatment in elderly patients after hip fracture surgery. This study evaluates whether the additional cycling to physiotherapy treatment will improve the functional ability, the balance performance while standing, hip muscle strength and pain level in those patients.

Conditions

• Hip Fractures

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Physiotherapy treatment & leg cycling	All patients receive comprehensive care as part of routine rehabilitation program : individual physical therapy treatment, gym's training and balance training in virtual reality, occupational therapy treatment, strengthening and range of motion exercises as a group. In addition each patient in this group will train with stationary leg cycle ergometer for 20 minutes under physical therapist's supervision . Cycling exercise intensity subjectively determined by the patient using RPE Borg scale . Maximal intensity level determined as 14 in Borg scale.
OTHER	Physiotherapy treatment & music listening	All patients receive comprehensive care as part of routine rehabilitation program : individual physical therapy treatment, gym's training and balance training in virtual reality, occupational therapy treatment, strengthening and range of motion exercises as a group. In addition each patient in this group will listen to music with earphone for 20 minutes while sitting under physical therapist supervision. Overall treatment session will last 50 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-07-01
• Primary completion: 2018-05-01
• Completion: 2018-12-01
• First posted: 2015-04-03
• Last updated: 2016-03-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel