Status:
UNKNOWN
Early Rehabilitation After Hip Fracture
Lead Sponsor:
Swiss National Science Foundation
Conditions:
Accidental Falls
Fractures
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to compare a low versus high intensity physiotherapy early rehabilitation program combined with a low versus high dose vitamin D early rehabilitation program in a randomized c...
Detailed Description
Subjects: The researchers will enroll 204 elderly subjects (men and women) admitted to two large hospital centers with acute hip fracture. Subjects may be institutionalized or community-dwelling prio...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 65 years or older
- Acute hip fracture admitted to one hospital center
Exclusion
- A Folstein Mini Mental Score of less than 15 as an indicator of significant dementia
- Primary hyperparathyroidism
- Current cancer with wasting or bone metastases
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Sarcoidosis
- A kidney stone in the past 5 years or significant renal disease (creatinine clearance below 15 ml/min)
- Hypercalcemia (albumin adjusted) of more than 2.8 mmol/l
- non-surgical treatment
- no German language skills
- severe hearing or visual impairment
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
December 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
204 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00133640
Start Date
January 1 2005
End Date
December 1 2008
Last Update
September 11 2006
Active Locations (1)
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Triemli Hospital
Zurich, Switzerland, 8063