Reliability of 6-Minutes Walking Test in Hip Fracture Patients

Lolland Community, Denmark

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Hip Fracture

Treatments: Other: 6 minutes walking test

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01667913

Hip Fracture study 7/7-12

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the relative (ICC) and absolute intertester reliability of the 6-Minutes Walking Test in hip fracture patients (N=50) in an outpatient facility. The data collection is conducted by two physiotherapists, who are blinded to each other. The physiotherapists are randomized so they each are doing an equal number of baseline tests.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 60 years or above
• Hip fracture patients with a Intra - or Extra Capsular hip fracture
• Testing within 3 - 5 weeks postsurgery in an outpatient facility
• No weightbearing restrictions on the fractured limb
• Normal cognitive level (Mini Mental State Examination(MMSE) - score ≥20 points)
• Participants should not experiencing hip related pain more or less than moderate according to Verbal Ranking Scale when resting
• To have the ability to write and understand danish language

Exclusion criteria

• MMSE score ≤19 points

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

6 minutes walking test

No Intervention group

Treatment:

Other: 6 minutes walking test