Better Hips- Better Function

Oslo Metropolitan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hip Fracture

Treatments: Other: High intensity functional exercise; Other: Low intensity functional exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02815254

2014/1441

Details and patient eligibility

About

The focus of this project are elderly people who have experienced hip fracture and need at least two weeks rehabilitation after discharge from hospital. The aim is to increase the evidence-based knowledge base for planning and appropriate follow-up intervention for patients with hip fracture on short-term / rehabilitation stays. In this study the investigators want to explore whether training High Intensity Functional Exercises (HIFE) , of short duration ie a 2- 4 week program and frequent intervention ie 5 times per week has a significant positive effect on physical function, pain and quality of life. The main aim is to explore whether a high intensive strength and balance training program has better effect than a low intensive strength and balance training program on functional status measured by Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) in patients with hip fractures. Another aims is to explore whether this high intensive strength and balance training program has better effect than a 'low intensive strength and balance training program' on pain, endurance and quality of life measured respectively Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPR), 6-minute walk test and SF-36. The study is a randomized controlled trial.

Enrollment: 105 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Fractura colli femoris, pertrochantar or subtrochantar)
• Discharged from hospital within 3 weeks since surgery.
• Need of minimum two weeks rehabilitation
• Life expectancy of more than one month
• Able to walk at least 3 m with walking aid
• Willingness to participate
• Able to follow instructions
• 65 years or older

Exclusion criteria

-Other reasons for gait impairment than hip fracture

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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105 participants in 2 patient groups

Low dose exercise intervention

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Low intensity functional exercise

High dose exercise intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: High intensity functional exercise