Evaluation of Functional Rehabilitation in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy After Total Hip Arthroplasty (Artrhosis)

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis, Hip

Treatments: Procedure: THA Physiotherapy; Procedure: No physiotherapy after THA

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01491048

09242

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to objectively evaluate the implications of physiotherapeutic rehabilitation in the Assistance Protocol of Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA), by assessing the motor performance and testing the quality of life of patients undergoing THA surgery, to improve rehabilitation strategies for this population.

Full description

The Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) is a surgical procedure which has been used for more than half a century in the treatment of hip joint diseases.

The Physiotherapy is an important component in the care of patients undergoing THA.

In order to reduce the length of hospitalization after THA, to promote functional independence and to monitor clinical events during hospitalization and up to the 30th postoperative day, the Hip Surgery Group (HSG) of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) has developed a global, multidisciplinary Assistance Protocol of the HSG with outpatient consultations and scheduled home visits for patients that have undergone THA at HCPA.

The team which developed the Assistance Protocol of the HSG consists of orthopedic doctors and anesthesiologists, nurses and social workers.

The insertion of the Physiotherapist in the THA Assistance Protocol is of great importance owing to the professional skills of that professional in the areas of prevention and rehabilitation, working with the multidisciplinary team in functional evaluation and in physical therapy of patients that underwent THA.

The monitoring of the physiotherapist is essential to establish a functional diagnosis, aiming pain relief, promoting the early functional rehabilitation, the reintegration of the patients in their daily activities and offering a better quality of life through reintegration into social life.

Enrollment: 104 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with indication for THA.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who refuse to participate in this study.
• Patients who live outside the city of Porto Alegre, due to difficulties for visits and the protocol monitoring.
• Patients with femoral neck fracture, due to the impossibility of evaluation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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104 participants in 2 patient groups

THA Physiotherapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Physiotherapy care during the period of hospitalization after THA.

Treatment:

Procedure: No physiotherapy after THA

Procedure: THA Physiotherapy

No physiotherapy after THA

Active Comparator group

Description:

No Physiotherapy care during the period of hospitalization after THA.

Treatment:

Procedure: No physiotherapy after THA