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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 24 May 2021
Main ID:  ISRCTN16250771
Date of registration: 25/02/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of East Anglia
Public title: What is the effect on independent recovery of using pedometers as a tool to prescribe exercise following total hip replacement?
Scientific title: What is the effect on independent recovery of using pedometers as a tool to prescribe exercise following total hip replacement? A two arm randomised controlled trial
Date of first enrolment: 05/12/2014
Target sample size: 160
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN16250771
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Two arm randomised controlled trial. (Treatment)  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
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Affiliation: 
Name: Tom    Withers
Address:  Room 1.23 School of Health Sciences Queen's Building University of East Anglia NR4 7TJ Norwich United Kingdom
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
1. Patient is on the waiting list for primary elective unilateral THR
2. Patient is 18 years of age or older
3. Patient is able to walk at least 10m pre-operation without walking aids, if the patient is unable to walk pre-operation it is believed that the patient will be able to walk post-THR
4. Patients operation is scheduled to be at least 2 weeks away
5. Patients have no other prosthetic implants
6. The surgeon that is performing the operation performs operations in both the independent and NHS hospital

Exclusion criteria:
1. Patient is unable to give informed consent
2. Patient is having two different procedures combined together in one operation
3. Patients cannot comprehend English and do not have a friend, relative or care giver who is willing to translate for them
4. Patient is currently undertaking a custodial sentence
5. Patient already has a prosthetic hip in the other femur or patient is undergoing replacement of a previously implanted prosthetic hip
6. If the participants suffer an operative or perioperative complication they will be excluded from the study at this stage
7. Participants who suffer from any absolute or relative contraindication to exercise
8. For this this study partial proximal femur resection (PFR) will not be considered a form of THR
9. Patient lives in a care home
10. A reason for the patients to undergo THR is due to a form of cancer


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Total hip arthroplasty.
Surgery
Intervention(s)

Participants are randomly allocated into one of two groups.
Group 1: Receive standard care
Group 2: Receive standard care and walking based pedometer intervention
Primary Outcome(s)

Oxford Hip Score

Measured pre-surgery and 4, 12 and 24 weeks post surgery.
Secondary Outcome(s)

1. Hip dislocation
2. Quality of life measured by self-completed questionnaire
3. Physical activity level through accelerometry.

Measured pre-surgery and 4, 12 and 24 weeks post surgery.
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
University of East Anglia
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
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Approval date:
Contact:
Cambridge south ethics committee, 20/10/2014, ref. 14/EE/1178
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted:
Date Completed: 30/09/2016
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