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Early Strength Training After Hip Fracture Surgery

NCT01616030 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2014-05-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients treated surgically for a hip fracture have a need of rehabilitation for the regain of former functional skills. Despite an optimized fast track in-hospital rehabilitation program it has been found that patients with hip fracture within 2 weeks after the hip fracture loose more than half of their muscle strength in the fractured limb compared to non-fractured limb. New studies including patients with total hip arthroplasty and strength training applied early after surgery has shown promising results regarding prevention of loss of muscle strength. No similar study has been found including patients with hip fracture.

The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of progressive knee-extension strength training of the hip fractured limb, starting Day 1 after surgical treatment for a hip fracture and proceeded every weekday during their hospital stay.

The study will include 20 patients surgically treated for a cervical hip fracture and 20 patients surgically treated for an intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric fracture. All patients are admitted from their own home. Age 60 years or older.

Conditions

  • Hip Fractures

Interventions

OTHER

Knee-extension strength training of the fractured limb

Daily knee-extension strength training with 3 x 10 repetitions using an intensity of 10 Repetition Maximum (RM) for the hip fractured limb started as soon as possible after surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Morten T Kristensen, PhD · Copenhagen University Hospital at Hvidovre, Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-03-31
Completion
2013-03-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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