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Improving Functional Recovery After Hip Fracture

NCT00000436 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2007-01-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This project will assess the effectiveness of a novel approach involving patient education and strength training to improve functional recovery after a hip fracture. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two study groups. One group (control group) will receive standard medical care. The other group will participate in a program of patient education and strength training, including an at-home walking program.

Conditions

  • Unilateral Hip Fracture

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Self-efficacy and muscle strength training

PROCEDURE

High-intensity strength training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • John P. Allegrante, PhD · Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1993-07-31
Completion
2000-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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