Skip to main content
Clinical Trials/ISRCTN13019951
ISRCTN13019951CompletedNot Applicable

The effect of resisted muscle strengthening exercises on patient function following elective Total Hip Replacement (THR) surgery: a prospective, single blind, randomised, controlled trial

Bangor University (UK)0 sites50 target enrollmentStarted: May 13, 2011Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
50

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1. Patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty via a posterior approach which can either be cemented or uncemented
  • 2. The joint affected should be the only severely arthritic joint, with no evidence of inflammatory arthropathy
  • 3. Patient agreement to inclusion is also necessary

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. Dementia, or neurological impairment
  • 2. Presence of cancer or muscle wasting illness, severe musculoskeletal impairment, unstable chronic or terminal illness, major depression, and co-morbid disease that contraindicates resistance training

Investigators

Sponsor
Bangor University (UK)

Similar Trials