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NCT Number: NCT00808483

Walking Skill Training Program Effects in Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty

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

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Key information

Conditions

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip Exercise Therapy

Age range

45 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Department of health science, University of Oslo

Oslo, Oslo 0317, 1089 Blindern, Norway

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Walking skill training program

Other

12 individualized training sessions containing functional exercises like walking, stair climbing, balance training and with supervision and guidance from a physiotherapist.

Primary outcomes

  1. 6 Minutes Walk Test (6MWT)

    Time frame: 5 months and 12 months

    Participants walked in a 40 meter hospital corridor for 6 minutes.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Hip Dysfunction and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS)

    Time frame: 5 months and 12 months

    Self-reported symptoms, pain, physical function, function in sport and recreation, quality of life. 0 (worse) - 100 (best)

  2. Harris Hip Score (HHS)

    Time frame: 5 months and 12 months

    Pain and physical function. 0 (worse) - 100 (best)

  3. Self-efficacy

    Time frame: 5 months and 12 months

    Self-reported self-efficacy in activities. 0 (worse) - 100 (best).

  4. Stair Climbing Test (ST)

    Time frame: 5 months and 12 months

    Ascend and descend 8 steps with a step hight of 16 cm as fast as they could without running. Few seconds (best) - many seconds (worse)

  5. ROM Extension

    Time frame: 5 months and 12 months

    Active range of motion (ROM) in hip extension test. Degrees is registered. 0 degrees indicates zero position of the hip, minus digrees indicates flexion contracture.

  6. Index of Muscle Function (IMF)

    Time frame: 5 months and 12 months

    Tests of general mobility, muscle strength, balance/coordination, and endurance. 40 (worse) - 0 (best)

  7. Figure-of-eight Test

    Time frame: 5 months and 12 months

    Test of dynamic balance. Number of steps on and outside the line is registered. 0 (best)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Oslo

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of a Walking Skill Training Program in Patients Who Have Undergone Total Hip Arthroplasty: Followup One Year After Surgery

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Dec 15, 2008
Registry last updated
Jan 9, 2015

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