Comparison of Physiotherapy Versus Home Exercise Following Hip Replacement Surgery

University of British Columbia

Status

Completed

Conditions

Arthritis

Arthroscopic Hip Surgery

Treatments

Procedure: physiotherapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00175448

C02-0249

Details and patient eligibility

About

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Outpatient Physiotherapy versus a Self-Administered Home Exercise Program Following Discharge Home from Total Hip Arthroplasty

Enrollment

144 estimated patients

Sex

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

primary THA (cemented or cementless)
preoperative diagnosis of osteoarthritis (primary or secondary)
meets objective discharge-to-home test following hip replacement
ability to speak English and reply to questionnaires written in English
ability to provide informed consent
may include patients presenting for their second primary hip arthroplasty

Discharge to Home Criteria

independent supine-to-sit transfer
independent sit-to-stand transfer
walk with walking aid 30 meters
ascend and descend 3 stairs
deemed medically fit and safe for home environment by surgeon/nursing/PT

Exclusion criteria

surgery as part of a workers' compensation claim
arthroplasty performed for trauma or following open reduction and internal fixation, malignancy or inflammatory arthropathy
intra-operative complication of fracture or sciatic nerve injury
procedure requiring complex surgical approach other than posterior or anterolateral (ie trochanteric osteotomy/micro 2 incision approach)
indications for additional primary or revision arthroplasty within the time frame of the study (24 months) in other hip or knee joints which would adversely affect quality of life and functional scores pertaining to the joint of interest