Can an exercise programme before surgery improve patient outcomes following hip joint replacement for osteoarthritis?
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Hip joint osteoarthritisMusculoskeletal - OsteoarthritisPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - PhysiotherapySurgery - Other surgery
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12614000509662
- Lead Sponsor
- Professor Neil Gemmell
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 24
Inclusion Criteria
– Meet the clinical criteria for diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the hip (as defined by the American Academy of Rheumatology)
– Unilateral hip pain
– Surgery scheduled for at least 12 weeks after the time of the referral letter
Exclusion Criteria
– Previous hip joint replacement surgery (either leg) or surgical procedure to other lower limb joints within the past 6 months
–Patients awaiting bilateral hip joint replacement or surgery due to avascular necrosis of the femoral head
– Rheumatoid arthritis
– Inability to comprehend and complete study assessments and commit to undertaking the prehabilitation programme
– Contraindications to MRI such as any metal in the leg or claustrophobia or inability to lie still for 30 minutes
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Index (WOMAC)[Baseline, following completion of 8-week exercise programme, 3 months post-surgery]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method