Completed
Improving Functional Recovery After Hip Fracture
Led by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) · Updated on 2007-01-04
200
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
361 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This project will assess the effectiveness of a novel approach involving patient education and strength training to improve functional recovery after a hip fracture. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two study groups. One group (control group) will receive standard medical care. The other group will participate in a program of patient education and strength training, including an at-home walking program.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Improving Functional Recovery After Hip Fracture
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients who are 65 years of age and older, and who have been admitted for a hip fracture to the Fracture Service at New York Presbyterian Hospital.
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients who are unable to give informed consent on the 4th or 5th day after surgery.
- Patients whose hip fracture is due to underlying disease, secondary to malignancy (cancer).
- Patients who do not speak English.
- Patients for whom exercise is contraindicated or whose physicians believe that exercise is contraindicated.
- Patients who do not have access to a telephone or cannot be reached by telephone.
- Patients and physicians who refuse to participate or who intend to relocate upon discharge.
Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York, United States, 10021
Status Unknown
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
0
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