None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The trial will determine the effects of intensive weight-bearing exercise after hip fracture. The outcome variables will be walking speed, quadriceps strength, mobility, balance, activities of daily living and quality of life. The experimental hypothesis is that intensive weight-bearing exercise will produce better mobility, strength, balance and other outcomes with no additional complications (including falls and fall related injuries) than non-weight-bearing exercise at 1 and 4 months after recruitment.
Interventions
1. intensive weight-bearing exercise (experimental) group will undertake weight-bearing exercise twice daily for a total of 60 minutes, for four months.
Sponsors
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, University of Sydney
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
0 to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. hip fracture with surgical fixation2. admitted to the rehabilitation ward3. approval from orthopaedic surgeon to weight-bear as tolerated or partial weight-bear4. able to tolerate all components of the control and experimental treatments5. at least able to take a minimum of four steps with a forearm support frame and the assistance of one person6. no medical contraindications that would limit ability to exercise (eg, severe cardiac failure)7. mild cognitive impairment or intact cognition based on the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire 26 8. living at home, independent living unit, or low care residential aged care facility (ie, hostel) prior to the hip fracture, with the plan to return to this accommodation at discharge.
Exclusion criteria
No exclusion criteria
Outcome results
None listed