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Ergometer Cycling After Replacement of the Hip or Knee Joint

NCT00951990 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 457

Last updated 2016-04-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Despite the widespread use of hip and knee replacement surgery, there is a considerable lack of consensus regarding postoperative treatment and rehabilitation, mostly because of the lack of well-designed studies testing the efficacy and effectiveness of such practices.

In particular there are no recommendations regarding the use of ergometer cycling after hip or knee replacement surgery.

Therefore the investigators initiated a multicenter controlled clinical trial evaluating the effect of ergometer cycling versus no ergometer cycling after hip or knee replacement surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Ergometer Cycling

Ergometer Cycling under the guidance of a physical therapist after the second postoperative week. These training sessions were scheduled to be performed three times a week for a time period of at least three weeks. The resistance of the ergometer was set to a minimum (for example 30 Watts). Physical therapists were informed to pay special attention, that the height of the saddle is set so that the forefoot reaches the pedal with the knee in extension.

BEHAVIORAL

No ergometer cycling

Patients of the no ergometer cycling group did not receive any ergometer cycling after surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Verein zur Förderung der Erforschung und Bekämpfung rheumatischer Erkrankungen Bad Bramstedt e.V

    collaborator OTHER

  • Landesversicherungsanstalt Schleswig-Holstein

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Landesversicherungsanstalt Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Deutsche Arthrose-Hilfe

    collaborator OTHER

  • Verein zur Förderung der Rehabilitationsforschung in Schleswig-Holstein

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joachim Hassenpflug, PhD · University of Schleswig-Holstein Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kiel Campus, 24105 Kiel, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-01-31
Primary Completion
2006-04-30
Completion
2008-08-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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