Development of an Effective Home-based-exercise-strategy

University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Total Hip Arthroplasty; Osteoarthritis, Hip

Treatments: Other: Home-based rehabilitation program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03846063

NL50372

Details and patient eligibility

About

Osteoarthritis is one of the most common chronic diseases of the musculoskeletal system in elderly. Patients with osteoarthritis experience pain, stiffness and loss of mobility. Due to ageing Western societies in the coming decades the number of elderly with osteoarthritis will progressively increase. Osteoarthritis is a common indicator for a Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA). A hip replacement is one of the most successful orthopedic surgeries. However, with regard to the postoperative rehabilitation a lot can be improved. The current situation after a THA is that physical therapy in the Netherlands is not prescribed by default. Patients are resigned from the hospital and receive home exercises. However, it is not clear whether patients actually carry out these exercises and whether they perform the exercises correctly.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged between 18 and 75 years
• Living independent
• Waiting for THA at either the Martini Hospital Groningen or the Medical Centre Leeuwarden in the Netherlands

Exclusion criteria

• Revision surgery
• Medical conditions that disallow independent living
• Cognitive impairment
• Inability to sufficiently read and understand Dutch
• Participating in another rehabilitation program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention: Home-based rehabilitation program

Experimental group

Description:

A twelve-week home-based exercise strategy will be offered to patients after their discharge from the hospital. This home-based exercise strategy will be delivered by means of videos on a tablet-pc and consist of specified exercise instructions for improving muscle strength, balance and functional movements. The intervention group will be compared with existing patientdata who received usual care in the Netherlands

Treatment:

Other: Home-based rehabilitation program