Effect of Cycle Ergometer in the Rehabilitation of Elderly Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty

University of Campinas, Brazil

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 2

Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Hip

Osteonecrosis

Treatments

Behavioral: Conventional exercises

Behavioral: Ergometer cycling

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01622465

403/2011

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of an exercise program with a cycle ergometer in functional outcome and related-health quality of life (RHQL) in elderly patients with total hip arthroplasty.

Full description

Behavioral: Ergometer Cycling Ergometer Cycling under the guidance of a physical therapist after the second postoperative week. These training sessions were scheduled to be performed two times a week for a time period of at least eith weeks.

Behavioral: No ergometer cycling Patients of the no ergometer cycling group did not receive any ergometer cycling after surgery, only conventional exercises.

Enrollment

14 patients

Sex

All

Ages

60+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Aged patients (60 years or more) of both sexes
Being submitted to the total hip arthroplasty, primary and unilateral, for hip osteoarthritis or hip osteonecrosis
no history of physical therapy two months before surgery

Exclusion criteria

arthroplasty of hip fracture or other condition;
neurological disease that compromises motor function;
postoperative complications (dislocation, infection, cardiovascular events);
revision of the prosthesis;
patients who are unable to attend the sessions of physical therapy or refused to participate in the study