Walking Skill Training Program Effects in Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty

University of Oslo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; Exercise Therapy

Treatments: Other: Walking skill training program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00808483

2008/2325

Details and patient eligibility

About

Rehabilitation plays an important part after total hip arthroplasty. In this common practice few studies have been performed on this issue.

The aims of this study were:

1. to examine the immediate effects of a walking skill training program on walking, stair climbing, balance, self-reported physical functioning physical functioning, pain and self-efficacy compared to a control group without supervised physiotherapy
2. to examine whether the effects persisted 12 months after surgery

Enrollment: 68 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary cox arthrosis
• Good written and oral Norwegian language

Exclusion criteria

• Severe hip arthrosis in the other hip or severe gon arthrosis that restricted walking
• Neurological disorders
• Rheumatoid arthritis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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68 participants in 2 patient groups

Walking skill training group

Experimental group

Description:

Participation in the supervised walking skill training program.

Treatment:

Other: Walking skill training program

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No participation in the supervised walking skill training program