A comparison of ward and aquatic exercise programs for inpatients after total hip or knee replacement using measures of pain, physiological demand and effort.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: total knee arthroplasty; total hip arthroplasty; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609000767202
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Queensland

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-09-03
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 8

Inclusion Criteria

inpatient after total hip or knee replacement
no post-operative complications
consented to participate

Exclusion Criteria

diagnosed neurological disorder
any additional musculo-skeletal problem that affected mobility other than operated joint
cognitive dysfunction
had undergone bilateral knee replacements or hip resurfacing

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
self-rated pain measured with the Numerical Pain Rating Scale[immediately before program, at 20 minutes into the program and immediately after completing each exercise program];heart rate measured with a Polar Heart Rate Monitor[immediately before, at 5 minute intervals during the program and again immediately after completing each exercise program]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Peripheral oxyhaemoglobin saturation using a fingertip pulse oximeter[immediately before program, at 20 minutes into the program and immediately after completing each exercise program];Systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressure measured using a digital wrist blood pressure monitor[immediately before program, at 20 minutes into the program and immediately after completing each exercise program];temperature measured using an infra-red digital tympanic thermometer[immediately before program, at 20 minutes into the program and immediately after completing each exercise program];self-rated effort of each program measured using Borg's Perceived Rate of Exertion scale[immediately after the completion of each program];subjective perception of benefit of early aquatic physiotherapy, using 0 to 10 scale and three yes/no questions[at completion of final exercise program]