PT vs no PT Following THA

Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Procedure: Self-guided physiotherapy; Procedure: Outpatient physiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02687945

2016MAus

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if outpatient physiotherapy results in improved and/or more rapid achievement of functional outcomes and quality of life in comparison to those patients who do not undergo outpatient physiotherapy after total hip arthroplasty

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Any patient undergoing unilateral primary total hip arthroplasty with age > 60

Exclusion criteria

• Post-traumatic osteoarthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis or other peripheral inflammatory disease
• Avascular necrosis
• Revision or conversion THA
• Post-septic osteoarthritis
• Patients discharged to a rehabilitation unit or other form of respite care such as a skilled nursing facility, acute rehabilitation center, convalescent home, long-term care facility or nursing home

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

Outpatient physiotherapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

two weeks of in-home physiotherapy following total hip replacement followed by two months of outpatient physiotherapy with 2-3 weekly sessions

Treatment:

Procedure: Outpatient physiotherapy

No outpatient physiotherapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

two weeks of in-home physiotherapy following total hip replacement followed by two months of self-guided physiotherapy exercises

Treatment:

Procedure: Self-guided physiotherapy