Changes of Pressure on Soft Tissue Before and After Total Hip Replacement to Prevent Bedsores

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02163200

Enrollment

Registered

2014-06-13

Start date

2014-06-30

Completion date

2014-10-31

Last updated

2016-03-29

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Conditions

Transient Arthropathy of Hip

Keywords

Bedsores, pressure, hip

Brief summary

Patients candidates for total hip replacement are, generally elderlies and have hip pain, we will check if the pressure to the soft tissue changes before and after operation using a tapet with pressure sensors sending the information to specific software.

Detailed description

one hundred Patients 60 years old and more will be considered for this study, both sexs, that have schedule for elective unilateral total hip replacement and have not bedsores previously. All the data will be collected by FSA software, classified in an excel table. A crossover study will be performed and analyzed by a paired test.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CROSSOVER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

60 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

60 y/o/ and more * Both sexes * Schedule for total hip replacement

Exclusion criteria

* Patient with previous bedsore * Patients under 60 y.0. * Previous CVA

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Changes in soft tissue pressure	Day one	Mapping of pressure will be performed twice for each patient' the first one before surgery the second one before discharge. The measure will be performed by resting, normal position

Outcome results