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Walking Skill Training Program Effects in Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty

NCT00808483 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2015-01-09

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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

Conditions

  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
  • Exercise Therapy

Interventions

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oslo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kristi E Heiberg, PhD · University of Oslo

  • Kristi E Heiberg, PhD · Bærum Hospital Vestre Viken

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-10-31
Primary Completion
2011-04-30
Completion
2011-04-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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