Maximal Strength Training in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Muscle Weakness
• Interventions: Behavioral: conventional rehabilitation; Behavioral: Maximal strength training

• Registration Number: NCT02498093
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

Conventional rehabilitation after total hip arthroplasty (THA) does not seem to restore muscular strength or walking speed. Three-5 years after surgery patients are still not fully rehabilitated. This study evaluates the effects of maximal strength training on the muscular strength in leg press and abduction in patients undergoing THA. Aim of the study is to increase the patients physical function through evidence-based rehabilitation in clinical practice, with gradually less supervision.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-07-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-07-13
• Study First Posted: 2015-07-15
• Study Start: 2015-08
• Primary Completion: 2017-08
• Study Completion: 2017-08
• Status Verified: 2020-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-20
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• scheduled for total hip arthroplasty (THA)
• living nearby Trondheim
• diagnosis of primary osteoarthritis as the main cause for elective THA
• ASA score of I-III (stable)

Exclusion Criteria

• muscular or skeletal disease which might influence the training and/or physical testing performance
• communication difficulties
• postoperatively discharged to a rehabilitation institution
• THA in the bilateral hip that is not fully rehabilitated.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control	conventional rehabilitation	Conventional rehabilitation supervised by a physiotherapist
Maximal strength training	Maximal strength training	Maximal strength training supervised by a physiotherapist

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Muscular strength	6 months	leg press (kg), abduction (kg)
muscular strength	1 year	leg press (kg), abduction (kg)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical function	up to 1 year	Harris hip score, 6 min walking test
Bone mineral density	up to 1 year	Dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine; 🇳🇴 Trondheim, Norway