Randomized Controlled Trial of Total Hip Arthroplasty

Kuopio University Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Hip Arthritis

Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA)

Treatments

Procedure: Total Hip Arthroplasty

Procedure: Physical Therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05093361

5203108

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of total hip arthroplasty and conservative treatment to hip pain, to activities of daily life and to the quality of life in patients with hip osteoarthritis.

Full description

The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to compare the effect of total hip arthroplasty and conservative treatment (that consists of self-driven exercises that physical therapists teach to the patients) to hip pain, to activities of daily life and to the quality of life in patients with hip osteoarthritis. Also the ill effects and cost effectiveness of total hip arthroplasty and conservative treatment are evaluated. Further more the aim is to investigate if total hip arthroplasty alleviates osteoarthritic pain in 12-month follow-up and if it enhances performance and quality of life.

Enrollment

120 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Hip osteoarthritis that is in X-ray pictures ≥2 in Kellgren - Lawrence classification
Primary osteoarthritis
Patients symptoms of hip osteoarthritis are so severe, that an experienced orthopedist would suggest total hip arthroplasty as a treatment

Exclusion criteria

Patients symptoms are so severe that total hip arthroplasty should be done within the next three months
ASA > 3 (ASA physical status classification system)
Normal contraindications to surgery
Previous surgery to the same hip that has the osteoarthritis (including total hip arthroplasty, surgery for fracture, osteotomy, arthroscopy)
The referring orthopedist has placed the patient in line for hip arthroplasty
Secondary osteoarhritis