Clinical trial NCT01491048: Evaluation of Functional Rehabilitation in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy After Total Hip Arthroplasty
Official title: Evaluation of Functional Rehabilitation Therapy in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy After Total Hip Arthroplasty
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Osteoarthritis, Hip
Keywords: Hip osteoarthritis
Physiotherapy
THA
Lead sponsor: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2011-12-13
Enrollment: 104
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study aims to objectively evaluate the implications of physiotherapeutic rehabilitation in the Assistance Protocol of Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA), by assessing the motor performance and testing the quality of life of patients undergoing THA surgery, to improve rehabilitation strategies for this population.

Detailed description: The Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) is a surgical procedure which has been used for more than half a century in the treatment of hip joint diseases.

The Physiotherapy is an important component in the care of patients undergoing THA.

In order to reduce the length of hospitalization after THA, to promote functional independence and to monitor clinical events during hospitalization and up to the 30th postoperative day, the Hip Surgery Group (HSG) of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) has developed a global, multidisciplinary Assistance Protocol of the HSG with outpatient consultations and scheduled home visits for patients that have undergone THA at HCPA.

The team which developed the Assistance Protocol of the HSG consists of orthopedic doctors and anesthesiologists, nurses and social workers.

The insertion of the Physiotherapist in the THA Assistance Protocol is of great importance owing to the professional skills of that professional in the areas of prevention and rehabilitation, working with the multidisciplinary team in functional evaluation and in physical therapy of patients that underwent THA.

The monitoring of the physiotherapist is essential to establish a functional diagnosis, aiming pain relief, promoting the early functional rehabilitation, the reintegration of the patients in their daily activities and offering a better quality of life through reintegration into social life.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with indication for THA.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients who refuse to participate in this study.
* Patients who live outside the city of Porto Alegre, due to difficulties for visits and the protocol monitoring.
* Patients with femoral neck fracture, due to the impossibility of evaluation.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Physiotherapeutic Rehabilitation after THA.
timeFrame: 15 days after discharge
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Physiotherapeutic Rehabilitation after THA.
timeFrame: 15 days after discharge.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Porto Alegre
country: Brazil
facility: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
state: RS
Study officials:
affiliation: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
name: Carolina S Umpierres, Bachelor
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Walker RL, Fromm PO. Metabolism of iron by normal and iron deficient rainbow trout. Comp Biochem Physiol A Comp Physiol. 1976;55(4A):311-8. doi: 10.1016/0300-9629(76)90052-9. No abstract available.
citation: Umpierres CS, Ribeiro TA, Marchisio AE, Galvao L, Borges IN, Macedo CA, Galia CR. Rehabilitation following total hip arthroplasty evaluation over short follow-up time: randomized clinical trial. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2014;51(10):1567-78. doi: 10.1682/JRRD.2014.05.0132.