Effect of Anti-gravity Treadmill Training After Total Hip Arthroplasty

University of Rijeka

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis, Hip

Treatments: Device: antigravity treadmill (ALTERG VIA, Lifeward CA, Inc., Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA, U-SA)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07170215

THR-2025

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The inclusion criteria was primary osteoarthritis of the hip joint.

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion criteria included: Undergoing surgery using a different technique, revision hip replacement, acute illness, cognitive impairment, and declining participation in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group (EG)

Experimental group

Description:

Each session included 25 minutes of individualized therapeutic exercises focused on bre-athing, mobility, strength, and balance. In addition, participants received 25 minutes of electrical stimulation of the quadriceps femoris muscle and 25 minutes of hydrotherapy in a swimming pool, for a total of 75 minutes of therapy per session. The experimental group (EG) also completed 20 minutes of daily exercise on an antigravity treadmill (ALTERG VIA, Lifeward CA, Inc., Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA, USA), supervised by a physiothera-pist

Treatment:

Device: antigravity treadmill (ALTERG VIA, Lifeward CA, Inc., Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA, U-SA)

control group (CG)

No Intervention group

Description:

Each session inclu-ded 25 minutes of individualized therapeutic exercises focused on breathing, mobility, strength, and balance. In addition, participants received 25 minutes of electrical stimula-tion of the quadriceps femoris muscle and 25 minutes of hydrotherapy in a swimming pool, for a total of 75 minutes of therapy per session.