Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training Following Hip Fracture
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Purpose
Achieving independent ambulation is an important goal of hip fracture rehabilitation, as it is predictive of returning to the community and of future health problems. Current research regarding post-hip fracture rehabilitation is sparse. Body weight supported treadmill training (BWSTT) is a novel approach to retrain walking abilities. BWSTT may be ideal for retraining walking after hip fracture, as it is task-specific and alleviates the demands of maintaining balance while walking skills are trained. The use of the harness may provide a sense of security for the patient, facilitating walking training. The proposed project will investigate the feasibility and tolerability of BWSTT after hip fracture, and its impact on function, mobility, quality of life and fear of falling. It is hypothesized that BWSTT 3-5 times weekly in acute hip fracture patients will improve function, mobility, quality of life and reduce fear of falling.
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
|---|---|---|
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Hip Fracture |
Procedure: Body weight supported treadmill training |
Phase 2 |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Non-Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training Following Hip Fracture |
- Feasibility - # participants agreeing to participate, compliance, adverse events, # returning for 3 month follow-up [ Time Frame: 3 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Functional Independence Measure [ Time Frame: admission, discharge, follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Timed up and Go [ Time Frame: admission, discharge, follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- falls self efficacy [ Time Frame: baseline, discharge, 3 month follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- 2 minute walk test [ Time Frame: baseline, discharge, 3 month follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- lower extremity functional scale [ Time Frame: baseline, discharge, 3 month followup ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
| Enrollment: | 21 |
| Study Start Date: | January 2007 |
| Study Completion Date: | January 2008 |
| Primary Completion Date: | January 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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Procedure: Body weight supported treadmill training
Morbidity and mortality rates associated with hip fracture are enormous. Current literature regarding post-hip fracture rehabilitation is sparse. A recent Cochrane review suggested that the potential for enhancing the recovery of mobility in hip fracture patients with treadmill gait retraining warrants further research in this area. Body weight supported treadmill training (BWSTT) is a novel approach to retraining ambulation, and has been successfully implemented in other patient populations. BWSTT may be ideal for retraining gait after hip fracture, as it is task-specific and alleviates the demands of maintaining equilibrium while walking skills are trained. The objectives of the proposed pilot study are to evaluate the feasibility and tolerability of using BWSTT as a gait retraining strategy in individuals who have experienced a hip fracture, and to explore whether it can improve mobility, fear of falling and function. Participants' feedback will be sought regarding the BWSTT experience for use in planning future clinical trials, to be submitted to CIHR. Quantitative outcomes will be assessed at baseline, and after 4 weeks of training 3-5 times per week. Outcome measures include: the Lower Extremity Functional Scale, health-related quality of life (SF-36), Falls-Efficacy Scale and the 2-minute walk test. Based on previous research experience with the frail elderly, we anticipate that many patients will be receptive to rehabilitation in the form of BWSTT. We hypothesize that BWSTT after hip fracture will result in significant gains in ambulatory capacity, as well as improvements in quality of life and functional independence. In addition, we anticipate that BWSTT will prove to be a feasible and effective gait retraining strategy.
Eligibility| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Able to follow 2-step commands
- Stable inter-trochanteric fracture, where fixation is deemed by surgeon to be adequate, OR sub-capital fracture having undergone bipolar hemi-arthroplasty
- Able to stand and take a few steps with the help of an assistive device i.e. parallel bars, walker, or cane
Exclusion Criteria:
- Able to walk without assistive devices
- Hip, knee or ankle surgery prior to hip fracture
- Inability to understand instructions or give informed consent
- Uncontrolled cardiovascular disease or hypertension, diabetes, neuromuscular disease or other musculoskeletal disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, Uncontrolled pain
Contacts and Locations| Canada, Ontario | |
| Hamilton Health Sciences | |
| Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L9C7N4 | |
| Principal Investigator: | Lora Giangregorio, PhD | University of Waterloo |
| Principal Investigator: | Alexandra Papaioannou, MD, MSc | Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University |
More Information
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| Responsible Party: | Alexandra Papaioannou, McMaster University |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00197496 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | NIF-05055 |
| Study First Received: | September 12, 2005 |
| Last Updated: | September 19, 2009 |
| Health Authority: | Canada: Health Canada |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Body Weight Fractures, Bone Hip Fractures Signs and Symptoms |
Wounds and Injuries Femoral Fractures Hip Injuries Leg Injuries |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on October 16, 2012
