Status:
COMPLETED
Strength Training After Hip Fracture Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
Hvidovre University Hospital
Conditions:
Hip Fracture
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of progressive strength training of the fractured limb in patients with hip fracture, during admittance in an acute orthopedic ward. The primary stud...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Primary hip fracture surgery
- 65 years or older
- Speak and understand the Danish language
- Able to give informed consent
- Home-dwelling with and independent prefracture indoor walking ability equal to New Mobility Score \>=2
Exclusion
- Multiple fractures
- Weightbearing restrictions
- Patient unwilling to participate in appropriate rehabilitation
- Not able to cooperate to tests
- Terminal illness
- Patients who want an observer present at the information interview, but where such one is not available.
- Patients with a cervical hip fracture treated with Total Hip Arthroplasty or hip pins, due to expected short length of hospital stay.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
90 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00848913
Start Date
October 1 2013
End Date
June 1 2015
Last Update
June 3 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Orthopedic Surgery hvidovre hospital
Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2650