Maximal Strength Training in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Muscle Weakness

Treatments: Behavioral: conventional rehabilitation; Behavioral: Maximal strength training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02498093

2010/3373

Details and patient eligibility

About

Conventional rehabilitation after total hip arthroplasty (THA) does not seem to restore muscular strength or walking speed. Three-5 years after surgery patients are still not fully rehabilitated. This study evaluates the effects of maximal strength training on the muscular strength in leg press and abduction in patients undergoing THA. Aim of the study is to increase the patients physical function through evidence-based rehabilitation in clinical practice, with gradually less supervision.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• scheduled for total hip arthroplasty (THA)
• living nearby Trondheim
• diagnosis of primary osteoarthritis as the main cause for elective THA
• ASA score of I-III (stable)

Exclusion criteria

• muscular or skeletal disease which might influence the training and/or physical testing performance
• communication difficulties
• postoperatively discharged to a rehabilitation institution
• THA in the bilateral hip that is not fully rehabilitated.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Maximal strength training

Experimental group

Description:

Maximal strength training supervised by a physiotherapist

Treatment:

Behavioral: Maximal strength training

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional rehabilitation supervised by a physiotherapist

Treatment:

Behavioral: conventional rehabilitation