Walking Skill Training Program Effects in Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of a Walking Skill Training Program in Patients Who Have Undergone Total Hip Arthroplasty: Followup One Year After Surgery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00808483
• Other study ID #: 2008/2325
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 12, 2008
• Last updated: January 8, 2015
• Start date: October 2008
• Est. completion date: April 2011

Study information

• Verified date: January 2015
• Source: University of Oslo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Norway: Norwegian Social Science Data ServicesNorway:National Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Rehabilitation plays an important part after total hip arthroplasty. In this common practice few studies have been performed on this issue.

The aims of this study were:

1. to examine the immediate effects of a walking skill training program on walking, stair climbing, balance, self-reported physical functioning physical functioning, pain and self-efficacy compared to a control group without supervised physiotherapy

2. to examine whether the effects persisted 12 months after surgery

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 68
• Est. completion date: April 2011
• Est. primary completion date: April 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 45 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Primary cox arthrosis

• Good written and oral Norwegian language

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe hip arthrosis in the other hip or severe gon arthrosis that restricted walking

• Neurological disorders

• Rheumatoid arthritis

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
• Exercise Therapy

Intervention

Other:
• Walking skill training program
12 individualized training sessions containing functional exercises like walking, stair climbing, balance training and with supervision and guidance from a physiotherapist.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Department of health science, University of Oslo	Oslo	Oslo 0317

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Oslo

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	6 Minutes Walk Test (6MWT)	Participants walked in a 40 meter hospital corridor for 6 minutes.	5 months and 12 months	No
Secondary	Hip Dysfunction and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS)	Self-reported symptoms, pain, physical function, function in sport and recreation, quality of life. 0 (worse) - 100 (best)	5 months and 12 months	No
Secondary	Harris Hip Score (HHS)	Pain and physical function. 0 (worse) - 100 (best)	5 months and 12 months	No
Secondary	Self-efficacy	Self-reported self-efficacy in activities. 0 (worse) - 100 (best).	5 months and 12 months	No
Secondary	Stair Climbing Test (ST)	Ascend and descend 8 steps with a step hight of 16 cm as fast as they could without running. Few seconds (best) - many seconds (worse)	5 months and 12 months	No
Secondary	ROM Extension	Active range of motion (ROM) in hip extension test. Degrees is registered. 0 degrees indicates zero position of the hip, minus digrees indicates flexion contracture.	5 months and 12 months	No
Secondary	Index of Muscle Function (IMF)	Tests of general mobility, muscle strength, balance/coordination, and endurance. 40 (worse) - 0 (best)	5 months and 12 months	No
Secondary	Figure-of-eight Test	Test of dynamic balance. Number of steps on and outside the line is registered. 0 (best)	5 months and 12 months	No