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Preoperative Exercise in Patients Undergoing Total Hip or Knee Replacement

NCT01003756 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 165

Last updated 2012-02-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is conducted in the Community Hospital in Svendborg (OUH Svendborg Sygehus) in collaboration with University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital.

The overall purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of preoperatively delivered neuromuscular exercise on self perceived physical function, pain and Quality of Life in patients undergoing total hip or knee replacement. Secondary area of interest is physical performance, muscle function, and level of physical activity.

The project will be conducted in two phases:

* A pilot project focusing on the logistics of the upcoming randomized controlled trial (RCT) and determination of test-retest reliability of specific muscle strength variables for the patients of interest
* A randomized and controlled trial where the intervention is preoperative neuromuscular exercise and the controls receive standard instructions.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Preoperative neuromuscular exercise

A neuromuscular exercise programme delivered 8-10 weeks preoperatively. The programme is developed in Lund, Sweden. A journal of this study is under peer-review

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Odense University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Southern Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ewa Roos, Professor, PT, PhD · University of Southern Denmark

  • Allan Villadsen, MD · University of Southern Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-08-31
Completion
2011-08-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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Diseases

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