Prehabilitation to improve outcomes for patients undergoing hip and knee replacement surgery.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Arthritis; Musculoskeletal - Osteoarthritis; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12610000777099
• Lead Sponsor: Southern Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-09-17
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Any patient undergoing a total hip replacement or total knee replacement at Monash Medical Centre Moorabbin or Dandenong Hospital who lives within the Greater Dandenong & Springvale catchment area.
Risk Assessment and Prediction Tool (RAPT) score >6.

Exclusion Criteria

Any patient undergoing a total hip replacement or total knee replacement at Monash Medical Centre Moorabbin or Dandenong Hospital who does not live within the Greater Dandenong & Springvale catchment area.
If patient surgery less than three weeks away.
Unable to follow instructions/ not suitable for group setting
Revision surgeries.
Corticosteroid injection in previous six months.
Wheelchair bound patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
European quality of life instrument (EQ 5D) and Visual analogue scale[Pre-admission clinic appointment<br>8 weeks post surgery];The Patient-Specific Functional Scale[Pre-admission clinic appointment<br>8 weeks post surgery]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knee Range of Motion (for total knee replacement patients only) by the use of a goniometer[Pre-admission clinic appointment<br>8 weeks post surgery];Timed Up and Go Test[Pre-admission clinic appointment<br>8 weeks post surgery];Length of stay in the acute hospital setting - this information will be retrieved from the hospitals clinical information management system[8 weeks post surgery];Length of stay in rehabilitation in the home - this data will be retrieved from rehabilitation in the home information management system.[8 weeks post surgery];Proportion of patients requiring going to inpatient rehabilitation - this information will be retrieved from the hospitals clinical information management system.[8 weeks post surgery]