Early Strength Training After Hip Fracture Surgery

NCT ID: NCT01616030

Last Updated: 2014-05-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 36 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2012-06-30
• Study Completion Date: 2013-03-31

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Kronborg L, Bandholm T, Palm H, Kehlet H, Kristensen MT (2014) Feasibility of Progressive Strength Training Implemented in the Acute Ward after Hip Fracture Surgery. PLoS ONE 9(4): e93332. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093332

Conditions

Hip Fractures

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Strength training, fractured limb

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.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Knee-extension strength training of the fractured limb

Intervention Type: OTHER

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.

Interventions

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.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Hip fracture diagnosed patients age ≥60 years, admitted to the acute hip fracture unit.
• Medial femoral neck fracture, pertrochanteric fracture or subtrochanteric fracture.
• Ability to speak and understand the Danish language.
• Cognitively well-preserved and able to give personal informed consent no later than by 5th post surgical day.
• Home-residing and with an independent pre-fracture ability to walk equal to New Mobility Score at ≥ 2 indoor.

Exclusion Criteria

• Multiple fractures
• Postsurgical restrictions of mobilization
• Patient not accepting participation in relevant exercise therapy
• Fracture caused by cancer metastases
• Terminal illness
• Neurological impairment e.g. hemi paresis.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Lise Kronborg

Project Physiotherapist, Msc.

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Morten T Kristensen, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Copenhagen University Hospital at Hvidovre, Denmark

Locations

Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre

Hvidovre, , Denmark

Countries

Denmark

References

Kronborg L, Bandholm T, Palm H, Kehlet H, Kristensen MT. Feasibility of progressive strength training implemented in the acute ward after hip fracture surgery. PLoS One. 2014 Apr 3;9(4):e93332. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093332. eCollection 2014.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 24699276 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

HH-S-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id