NCT02686528

Postoperative Hip Precautions After Total Hip Arthroplasty Via the Posterior Approach: A Prospective Randomized Trial

Are Postoperative Hip Precautions Necessary After a Total Hip Arthroplasty Via the Posterior Approach: A Prospective Randomized Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,133 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rush University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if hip precautions, which are instructions that limit functional use of a hip replacement after surgery, affect the rate of dislocation in the first six weeks after primary total hip replacement surgery. The impact of hip precautions on a patient's return to activities of daily living and overall patient satisfaction will also be investigated. The overall cost effectiveness of hip precautions will be determined.

Detailed description

This study examines the necessity of postoperative hip precautions in patients after primary total hip arthroplasty via the posterior approach. Precautions are instructions that limit the functional use of the hip and are given for the first six weeks after surgery, with the goal of preventing an instability event resulting in dislocation. The hip precautions that will be investigated in this study are: no hip flexion past 90º, no crossing the legs, and no twisting at the waist.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis
• Degenerative Joint Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Hip Precautions	Hip precautions are functional limitations of the hip replacement prescribed to patients for the first six weeks after surgery and are no hip flexion past 90º, no crossing the legs, and no twisting at the waist.
OTHER	No Hip Precautions	Patients will not be prescribed hip precautions in the first 6 weeks after surgery. The hip precautions that will no longer be prescribed are: no hip flexion past 90º, no crossing the legs, and no twisting at the waist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2025-07-21
• Completion: 2025-11-01
• First posted: 2016-02-19
• Last updated: 2025-11-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States