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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 5 January 2021
Main ID:  ISRCTN30713542
Date of registration: 06/11/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Laboratory for Research of the Musculoskeletal System (LRMS) ,?KAT" General Hospital of Athens (Greece)
Public title: The contribution of a modified physiotherapy exercise program in the overall functional ability of patients with femoral neck fracture after hemiarthroplasty
Scientific title: The effect of modified physiotherapy intervention in postoperative abductors muscles efficiency and functional ability of hip-fractured patients.
Date of first enrolment: 06/04/2012
Target sample size: 96
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN30713542
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Double-blind, stratified, randomized clinical trial. (Treatment)  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Greece
Contacts
Name: Sophia    Stasi
Address:  30 Ouranias Street P.C. 14121 Irakleio- Attica Greece
Telephone: -
Email: soniastasi1@gmail.com
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
1. Age 70?85 years
2.All participants must be ambulatory and must not have undergone any prior orthopaedic surgery in the fractured or contralateral hip
3. Willing to be assigned to either of the two study groups

Exclusion criteria:
1. Patients who have Body Mass Index (BMI) = 40 or suffering from dementia, chronic respiratory disease, chronic renal failure, heart failure, neurological disorder, undergoing chemotherapy
2. Postoperative will be measuring the length of the lower limbs and excluded patients presenting leg length discrepancies more than 20mm
3. Patients will also be excluded if they present postoperative complications, such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, pneumonia or delirium


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Rehabilitation protocols in hip-fracture patients.
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Intervention(s)

Participants will be divided into 2 groups; control group and research group.
1. The control group will follow the classic physiotherapeutic protocol
2. The research group will follow the modified physiotherapeutic protocol
Primary Outcome(s)
Difference in postoperative functional status according to strengthening of hip abductor muscles. This is measured 60 days (3 months) after surgery in Newton (N) with a reliable electronic dynamometer.
Secondary Outcome(s)

1. At the day of hospital admission evaluation of the prefracture functional status using self-reported measure.
2. Evaluation of postoperative hip abductor muscles strength and functional status using both self-reported (using a questionnaire) and physical performance (Timed Up & Go Test) measures and an objective measure of abductors muscles strength using an electronic dynamometer(3rd and 6th month after surgery)
Secondary ID(s)
2413/21.11.11
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Investigator initiated and funded (Greece)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
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Approval date:
Contact:
1. General Assembly of Special Synthesis of Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, 21/11/2011, ref: 2413/21.11.11) 2. Scientific Research Council of the ?KAT? General Hospital of Athens, Greece, 30/03/2012, ref:382/30-03-2012)
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted:
Date Completed: 14/11/2015
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