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Effect of Leg Strengthening Exercise After Hip Fracture

NCT00997776 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2009-10-19

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Summary

The purpose of this trial was to examine the effectiveness of a short-term leg strengthening exercise program compared to attention control on improving leg strength, walking speed and endurance, physical performance, and physical function one year after hip fracture.

Conditions

  • Hip Fractures

Interventions

OTHER

progressive resistance exercise

lower extremity strengthening: 3 sets of 8 repetitions at the 8 repetition maximum (8RM)for the hip and knee extensors, hip abductors, plantarflexors twice weekly for 10 weeks.

OTHER

TENS

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to elicit sensory information (comfortable tingling) for 7 minutes to bilateral muscle groups including the gluteal muscles, quadriceps, and gastroc-soleus muscles. TENS administered twice weekly for 10 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Arcadia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kathleen K Mangione, PT, PhD · Arcadia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-08-31
Primary Completion
2006-01-31
Completion
2006-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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