Preoperative Pain, Function, and Activity for Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Patients

The Influence of Preoperative Pain, Function, and Activity on Time to Fulfill Discharge Criteria for Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Patients

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01248039

Enrollment

100

Registered

2010-11-25

Start date

2011-01-31

Completion date

2012-07-31

Last updated

2012-07-19

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Conditions

Arthroplasty

Keywords

Muscle strength, functional performance, joint replacement

Brief summary

This study wish to show if the preoperative level of pain, function or activity for hip and knee arthroplasty patients has any predictive value of the time it takes to fulfill the well-defined discharge criteria.

Detailed description

The investigators would like to be able to identify those patients, for whom it will take longest time to fulfill the discharge criteria. With this knowledge the investigators will be able to initiate sufficient treatment already before operation.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Total hip arthroplasty patients * Total knee arthroplasty patients

Exclusion criteria

* Inability to speak and understand Danish * Inability to perform the functional measurements due to other conditions

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Leg muscles strength	7 months	Maximal muscle force tested for one leg at a time in a Power Rig Mashine

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Functional performance	7 months	Tested by: Timed Up & Go test, 10 meter fast speed walking test

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results