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Digital Home-Based Physical Activity Promotion for Older Adults After Total Hip Arthroplasty
Led by Heidelberg University · Updated on 2025-09-02
213
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
121 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of a 12-week digital home-based intervention program, consisting of a tablet-based exercise program with or without personal coaching, to promote physical activity (PA) in older adults after total hip arthroplasty (THA). The main question it aims to answer is: • Does the combination of the digital exercise program and personal coaching lead to higher PA six months after THA compared to usual care among older adults? Secondary questions are: * Does the digital exercise program alone lead to higher PA compared to usual care? * Does the digital exercise program combined with personal coaching lead to higher PA compared to the exercise program alone? Participants' PA will be objectively measured with a body-fixed sensor at 1 week before THA (T1), 6 weeks after THA (T2), and 6 months (i.e. after THA (T3). After the postoperative assessment at T2, participants will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: * 12-week tablet-based exercise program at home with virtual personal coaching for physical activity promotion * 12-week tablet-based exercise program at home * Usual care (control group, no additional intervention)
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Digital Home-Based Physical Activity Promotion for Older Adults After Total Hip Arthroplasty
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 65 years or older
- Diagnosed with hip osteoarthritis and scheduled for total hip arthroplasty
- Living within 50 km of Heidelberg
- Able to walk at least 10 meters with or without a walking aid
- Have internet access (Wi-Fi) at home
- Provide written informed consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Insufficient German language skills
- Hearing problems that prevent communication via video or telephone
- Vision problems preventing recognition of study materials
- Contralateral hip osteoarthritis needing total hip arthroplasty
- Severe medical conditions affecting physical fitness, such as advanced heart failure (NYHA class 3 or higher), certain heart valve defects causing fainting, cardiac arrhythmias with dizziness, COPD requiring oxygen therapy, cancer under chemotherapy or radiation, or advanced Parkinson's disease requiring rollator use (Hoehn & Yahr stage 4 or higher)
- Living in a nursing home
- Planned major medical procedures requiring hospital stay within 6 months
- Participation in another competing clinical study
- Cognitive impairment with a 6-item Cognitive Impairment Test (6CIT) score above 7 points
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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Department of Orthopaedics, Heidelberg University Hospital
Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 69118
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Research Team
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Tobias Eckert, PhD
CONTACT
C
Christian Werner, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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