Preoperative Pain, Function, and Activity for Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Patients

Hvidovre University Hospital100 enrolled

Overview

This study wish to show if the preoperative level of pain, function or activity for hip and knee arthroplasty patients has any predictive value of the time it takes to fulfill the well-defined discharge criteria.

The investigators would like to be able to identify those patients, for whom it will take longest time to fulfill the discharge criteria. With this knowledge the investigators will be able to initiate sufficient treatment already before operation.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Arthroplasty

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Total hip arthroplasty patients * Total knee arthroplasty patients Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to speak and understand Danish * Inability to perform the functional measurements due to other conditions

Locations (1)

Department of Surgery, Univerity Hospital at Hvidovre

Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Leg muscles strength

Maximal muscle force tested for one leg at a time in a Power Rig Mashine

Time frame: 7 months

Secondary Outcomes

Functional performance

Tested by: Timed Up \& Go test, 10 meter fast speed walking test

Time frame: 7 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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