NCT02687945CompletedNot Applicable
Study to Evaluate Outpatient Physiotherapy in Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Conditions
Interventions
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Primary Endpoint
- Harris Hip Score
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if outpatient physiotherapy results in improved and/or more rapid achievement of functional outcomes and quality of life in comparison to those patients who do not undergo outpatient physiotherapy after total hip arthroplasty
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 60 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Any patient undergoing unilateral primary total hip arthroplasty with age > 60
Exclusion Criteria
- •Post-traumatic osteoarthritis
- •Rheumatoid arthritis or other peripheral inflammatory disease
- •Avascular necrosis
- •Revision or conversion THA
- •Post-septic osteoarthritis
- •Patients discharged to a rehabilitation unit or other form of respite care such as a skilled nursing facility, acute rehabilitation center, convalescent home, long-term care facility or nursing home
Arms & Interventions
Outpatient physiotherapy
Active Comparator
two weeks of in-home physiotherapy following total hip replacement followed by two months of outpatient physiotherapy with 2-3 weekly sessions
Intervention: Outpatient physiotherapy (Procedure)
No outpatient physiotherapy
Active Comparator
two weeks of in-home physiotherapy following total hip replacement followed by two months of self-guided physiotherapy exercises
Intervention: Self-guided physiotherapy (Procedure)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Harris Hip Score
Time Frame: 4 weeks
This is a validated instrument
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
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