Get Fit for Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Surgery: a pre-operative program of education, self-management and exercise for people waiting for hip and knee joint replacement surgery. (Study 2)

Not Applicable

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Hip osteoarthritis; Knee osteoarthritis; Musculoskeletal - Osteoarthritis

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000697987
• Lead Sponsor: Jason Wallis

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-07-07
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adult aged at least 18 years
2. Living independently in the community (either at home or in a retirement village)
3. Able to understand basic English.
4. Completed the get fit for hip and knee joint replacement program within 3 months of surgery.
5. Case control participants will be eligible to participate provided they are adult, did not complete the pre-operative program, and are matched for their case for age (within 5 years), gender, and operation (e.g. joint replaced, whether cemented or non-cemented components, number of compartments replaced if knee replacement).

Exclusion Criteria

1. They did not complete their pre-operative intervention within 3 months of surgery, so that the intervention might reasonably be expected to have had some effect.
2. Have a significant complication post-operatively that would affect participation in the assessment at day 3 post-operatively.
3. Have moderate-to-severe cognitive impairment (defined as a Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire score of less than 7 (Pfeiffer, 1975)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified