NCT02879188

Ambulation Versus Standing on Postoperative Day 0

Ambulation Versus Standing on Postoperative Day 0: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 394 (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 the impact of the timing of physical therapy (PT) initiation on postoperative length of stay and the time to physical therapy clearance following total knee replacement.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Physical Therapy	Patients will initiate inpatient physical therapy on the day of their surgery including attempted ambulation with an assistive device that is supervised by a physical therapist.
OTHER	Standing	Patients will initiate inpatient physical therapy on postoperative day 1. On the day of their surgery they will dangle their feet over the edge of the bed with supervision of nursing.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-10-01
• Primary completion: 2018-05-01
• Completion: 2018-09-01
• First posted: 2016-08-25
• Last updated: 2019-03-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States