Effect of Cycle Ergometer in the Rehabilitation of Elderly Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty

University of Campinas, Brazil14 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of an exercise program with a cycle ergometer in functional outcome and related-health quality of life (RHQL) in elderly patients with total hip arthroplasty.

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 two times a week for a time period of at least eith weeks. Behavioral: No ergometer cycling Patients of the no ergometer cycling group did not receive any ergometer cycling after surgery, only conventional exercises.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Hip Osteonecrosis

Interventions

Ergometer cyclingBEHAVIORAL

Patients will participate of the exercises program with ergometer cycling and conventional exercises. The program will initiate after two weeks of the postoperative and will continue until three months of the postoperative

Conventional exercisesBEHAVIORAL

Patients will participate only of the conventional exercises program. The program will initiate after two weeks of the postoperative and will continue until three months of the postoperative

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * Aged patients (60 years or more) of both sexes * Being submitted to the total hip arthroplasty, primary and unilateral, for hip osteoarthritis or hip osteonecrosis * no history of physical therapy two months before surgery Exclusion Criteria: * arthroplasty of hip fracture or other condition; * neurological disease that compromises motor function; * postoperative complications (dislocation, infection, cardiovascular events); * revision of the prosthesis; * patients who are unable to attend the sessions of physical therapy or refused to participate in the study

Locations (1)

Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change from baseline in hip function at three months

Harris Hip Score (HHS) will be used to collect the data at baseline and at three months

Time frame: Baseline and three months

Secondary Outcomes

Change from baseline in physical performance of lower limbs at three months.

"Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)" developed by Guralnik (1994), to evaluate of balance, gait speed and muscle strenght, of lower limbs will be used to collect the data at baseline and at three months.

Time frame: Baseline and three months

Change from baseline in health-related quality of life (HRQOL)at three months by generic questionnaire

The generic questionnaire evaluation HRQOL "Medical Outcomes Survey 36 - Item Short-Form" developed by Ware and Sherboune (1992) will be used to collect the data at baseline and at three months

Time frame: Baseline and three months

Change from baseline in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) at three months by specific questionnaire

The specific questionnaire evaluattion HRQOL "Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC)" developed by Bellamy (1988) will be used to collect the data at baseline and at three months.

Time frame: Baseline and three months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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