Walking Skill Training Program Effects in Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; Exercise Therapy
• Interventions: Other: Walking skill training program

• Registration Number: NCT00808483
• Lead Sponsor: University of Oslo

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-10
• Study First Submitted: 2008-12-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-12-12
• Study First Posted: 2008-12-15
• Primary Completion: 2011-04
• Study Completion: 2011-04
• Results First Submitted: 2014-12-09
• Status Verified: 2015-01
• Results First Submitted QC: 2015-01-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-01-08
• Results First Posted: 2015-01-09
• Last Update Posted: 2015-01-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 68

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Walking skill training group	Walking skill training program	Participation in the supervised walking skill training program.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
6 Minutes Walk Test (6MWT)	5 months and 12 months	Participants walked in a 40 meter hospital corridor for 6 minutes.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Index of Muscle Function (IMF)	5 months and 12 months	Tests of general mobility, muscle strength, balance/coordination, and endurance. 40 (worse) - 0 (best)
Figure-of-eight Test	5 months and 12 months	Test of dynamic balance. Number of steps on and outside the line is registered. 0 (best)
Hip Dysfunction and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS)	5 months and 12 months	Self-reported symptoms, pain, physical function, function in sport and recreation, quality of life. 0 (worse) - 100 (best)
Harris Hip Score (HHS)	5 months and 12 months	Pain and physical function. 0 (worse) - 100 (best)
Self-efficacy	5 months and 12 months	Self-reported self-efficacy in activities. 0 (worse) - 100 (best).
Stair Climbing Test (ST)	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)
ROM Extension	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of health science, University of Oslo; 🇳🇴 Oslo, Oslo 0317, Norway