Accelerated Rehabilitation in Hip Arthroplasty (ARTHA)

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Other: Physical Therapy-SAP; Other: Physical Therapy-ARP

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02933632

FederalURS

Details and patient eligibility

About

Accelerated rehabilitation protocol in Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA-AR).

Full description

The accelerated rehabilitation protocol in Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA-AR) was designed to improve the functionality and optimize early discharge of patients undergoing THA surgery. This study compared physical therapy protocol in Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA-PT) already deployed in Porto Alegre Clinical Hospital with THA-AR.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients of the Public Health System of our Country that were admitted with hip osteoarthritis diagnose and submitted to a total hip arthroplasty surgery in the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA).

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who refused to participate in this study;
• Patients lived in another city;
• Patients undergoing surgery for total hip arthroplasty due to hip fracture;
• Patients with cognitive disorders or diseases that adversely affect its cognitive function (Alzheimer's disease, senile dementia).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard Assistance Protocol-SAP

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients underwent physical therapy once a day. Patients receive intervention by Physical Therapy-SAP.

Treatment:

Other: Physical Therapy-SAP

Accelerated Rehabilitation Protocol-ARP

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients underwent physical therapy three times a day. Patients receive intervention by Physical Therapy-ARP.

Treatment:

Other: Physical Therapy-ARP