Weight-bearing Recommendation After Replacement of the Hip or Knee Joint

Verein zur Förderung der Rehabilitationsforschung in Schleswig-Holstein

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Behavioral: Recommend full weight-bearing; Behavioral: Recommend parital weight-bearing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00266396

vffr-35

Details and patient eligibility

About

Despite the widespread use of total hip and knee arthroplasty, there is a notable lack of consensus regarding postoperative treatment, mostly because of the lack of well-designed studies testing the efficacy and effectiveness of such practices. In particular, there are no evidence-based recommendations on the amount of weight that the patient should be advised to bear on the operated leg after the operation.

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient who is about to receive unilateral hip or knee replacement surgery on an elective basis for diagnosis of osteoarthritis or femoral head necrosis

Exclusion criteria

• A history of septic arthritis,
• Hip fracture,
• Intraoperative complications,
• History of implant surgery on the joint to be operated on,
• Rheumatoid arthritis,
• Amputations,
• Inability to complete the questionnaires because of cognitive or language difficulties.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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352 participants in 1 patient group

weight-bearing recommendation

Experimental group

Description:

Weight-bearing recommendation after THA and TKA

Treatment:

Behavioral: Recommend parital weight-bearing

Behavioral: Recommend full weight-bearing