NCT06199739

Safety of Immediate Weight-Bearing as Tolerated After Well-Reduced Geriatric Hip

Safety of Immediate Weight-Bearing as Tolerated After Well-Reduced Geriatric Hip Fracture

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (actual)
• Sponsor: Far Eastern Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Purpose: Proximal femur fracture is a major traumatic injury in elderly populations; however, practical postoperative weight-bearing protocols are lacking. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate whether early weight-bearing status after proximal femur nail fixation is associated with any loss of reduction and evaluate the clinical outcomes of this intervention. Patients and methods: For this prospective single center clinical trial study, we recruited 14 proximal femur fracture cases, classified by AO/OTA 2018, receiving intramedullary nail fixation. Clinical outcomes included the Harris functional hip score and VAS pain score. Additionally, demographic data, radiological parameters, time to weight-bearing, mortality rate, medical and surgical complications, and final ambulation status were recorded.

Conditions

• Bony Weight Bearing Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Early-Weight bearing	The patients began early weight bearing under attending physician and physiotherapist surveillance within 48 hours after surgery. Patients were instructed to stand up near the bed, and muscle power, gait stability, and pain tolerance were recorded. The physiotherapist instructed the patients to perform early mobilization and weight bearing as tolerable by self-adjustment of body weight distribution over the bilateral lower extremities, and walking assistance was used to prevent repeat falling accidents.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-01
• Primary completion: 2022-04-30
• Completion: 2023-05-05
• First posted: 2024-01-10
• Last updated: 2024-01-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan