Are three shorter sessions of physiotherapy each therapy day more effective than one longer session in improving the mobility of patients admitted to a rehabilitation ward after hip fracture?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- fractured hipInjuries and Accidents - FracturesPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12617000863336
- Lead Sponsor
- Ms Catherine Senserrick
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 76
Inclusion Criteria
Admitted to the rehabilitation unit at Peter James Centre
Primary diagnosis of fractured hip
No co-current injuries
Over 50 years of age
Exclusion Criteria
Not allowed to weight bear after surgery for the fractured hip
co-current injuries eg other fractures, brain injury, cardiac event sustained at the same time as the fractured hip
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method