NCT07170215

Effect of Anti-gravity Treadmill Training After Total Hip Arthroplasty

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Rijeka · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Background/Objectives: Total hip arthroplasty is one of the most common orthopedic procedures. When the surgery is successful and followed by high-quality physiotherapy, patients' quality of life usually improves and they return to their daily activities more qui-ckly.. Rehabilitation methods and medical devices are constantly evolving, to accelerate functional improvement. The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of the antigra-vity treadmill on the functional outcomes after total hip arthroplasty. Methods: A single centre, randomised, controlled, open label trial was conduct in Hospital for Medical Re-habilitation of the Heart and Lung Diseases and Rheumatism Thalassotherapia Opatija. 34 subjects were randomly divided into two groups: experimental (18) and control (16). The outcome measures included strength of the abductor muscles, range of motion, visual analogue scale, and Timed Up and Go test and 40-meter Fast Paced Walk test.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis, Hip

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	antigravity treadmill (ALTERG VIA, Lifeward CA, Inc., Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA, U-SA)	Antigravity treadmill training in the experimental group (EG) involved walking in a straight line at a self-selected, com-fortable pace-without running, shortness of breath, or pain. The treadmill's chamber was set to reduce the participant's effective body weight to 20% of their actual body weight (slight unloading was applied to reduce the need for handrail support and to prevent the use of compensatory mechanisms).

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-15
• Primary completion: 2023-07-30
• Completion: 2023-07-30
• First posted: 2025-09-12
• Last updated: 2025-09-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Croatia