The Effectiveness of Rehabilitation in Gait Recovery After Knee or Hip Arthroplasty (Fast-Track2)

Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

Treatments: Other: Conventional physiotherapy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04803578

JP-003

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation on gait recovery in subjects after knee or hip arthroplasty. Assessment is performed the day after admission (T0) and the day of discharge (T1), in a post-acute rehabilitation hospital, through an optoelectronic system (BTS DX-400). Other functional scales are administered to the subjects. during the rehabilitation period, subjects received conventional physiotherapy.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Knee and Hip Arthroplasty subjects

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects > 18 years;
• Both Sexs;
• Knee or Hip Arthroplasty in the previous 3-4 days before admission;
• Subjects with clinical stability at admission (Hemoglobin > 9 g/l).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Fever at admission;
• Any rheumatic or systemic diseases;
• Previous surgery at the lower limbs (6 months before admission) or other arthroplasties at the lower limbs;
• MiniMental State Examination < 24;
• Other neurologic disorders.

For the healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects age-matched with the subjects in the hip and knee group.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any disorder that could negatively affect gait perfomance.

Trial design

90 participants in 3 patient groups

Knee Arthroplasty Group

Description:

Subjects that received knee arthroplasty 2-3 days before admission to undergo a rehabilitation period in our rehabilitation hospital.

Treatment:

Other: Conventional physiotherapy

Hip Arthroplasty Group

Description:

Subjects that received hip arthroplasty 2-3 days before admission to undergo a rehabilitation period in our rehabilitation hospital.

Treatment:

Other: Conventional physiotherapy

Age-Matched healthy Group

Description:

Subjects age-matched with those included in the knee and hip group. Subjects are asked to walk at their self-selected speed and at low speed matchable with those of the knee and hip group