Effects of Balance Exercises Circuit in Patients With Hip or Knee Arthroplasty

Postural Balance Clinical Trial

— BECA  

Official title:

Effects of Balance Exercises Circuit in Patients With Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty (BECA): A Randomized Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02920151
• Other study ID #: Gepafi
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 12, 2016
• Last updated: September 28, 2016
• Start date: February 2015
• Est. completion date: August 2016

Study information

• Verified date: September 2016
• Source: Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas Sobre Atividade Física Para Idosos
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the effect of balance circuit in patients with more than one year of postoperative total hip or knee arthroplasty. Patients were randomized between intervention group (IG) (balance exercise circuit ) and control group (CG) (usual routine). The evaluations were conducted by blind examiners.

Description:

Balance Exercise Circuit (BEC) program, includes exercise that specifically challenge sensory inputs from mechanoreceptors as well as from the visual and vestibular systems. It is composed of 13 stations, involving static and dynamic balance exercises, including tandem walking, forward-backward stepping, wide-stance gait, functional reach, heel lift, toe press, balance on unstable surfaces, and standing on one leg. The BEC lasts 50 min, two times per week for a total of 12 weeks. Progression of exercises occurred every 3 weeks and was closely supervised to ensure safety. Each BEC session comprised of warm-up and stretching (10 min), exercise circuit (30 min), and cool-down (10 min).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 65
• Est. completion date: August 2016
• Est. primary completion date: August 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 60 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• more than one year of postoperative total hip or knee arthroplasty

Exclusion Criteria:

• total hip AND knee arthroplasty

• other surgeries of the lower limbs and spine

• autoimmune disease

• contraindication for physical exercise

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hip Replacement
• Knee Replacement
• Postural Balance

Intervention

Other:
• balance exercises circuit
Thirteen workstations were organized in a circuit format on involved multidirectional gait in different bases of support, unstable surfaces, functional reach, exercise with balls, and single-leg stance

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas Sobre Atividade Física Para Idosos

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	static balance	static balance assessed by force plate	three months	No
Other	Timed Up and Go	functional performance and functional balance	three months	No
Primary	Berg Balance Scale	evaluates functional balance	three months	No
Secondary	QuickScreen scale	fall risk assessement	three months	No
Secondary	Falls Efficacy Scale	self-efficacy or confidence in performing activities without falling	three months	No