Effects of Balance Exercises Circuit in Patients With Hip or Knee Arthroplasty (BECA)

Effects of Balance Exercises Circuit in Patients With Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty (BECA): A Randomized Clinical Trial

This study evaluates the effect of balance circuit in patients with more than one year of postoperative total hip or knee arthroplasty. Patients were randomized between intervention group (IG) (balance exercise circuit ) and control group (CG) (usual routine). The evaluations were conducted by blind examiners.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Knee Replacement; Hip Replacement; Postural Balance
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: balance exercises circuit

Detailed Description

Balance Exercise Circuit (BEC) program, includes exercise that specifically challenge sensory inputs from mechanoreceptors as well as from the visual and vestibular systems. It is composed of 13 stations, involving static and dynamic balance exercises, including tandem walking, forward-backward stepping, wide-stance gait, functional reach, heel lift, toe press, balance on unstable surfaces, and standing on one leg. The BEC lasts 50 min, two times per week for a total of 12 weeks. Progression of exercises occurred every 3 weeks and was closely supervised to ensure safety. Each BEC session comprised of warm-up and stretching (10 min), exercise circuit (30 min), and cool-down (10 min).

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 65
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 60 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• more than one year of postoperative total hip or knee arthroplasty

Exclusion Criteria:

• total hip AND knee arthroplasty
• other surgeries of the lower limbs and spine
• autoimmune disease
• contraindication for physical exercise

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: BALANCE EXERCISES CIRCUIT; balance exercises circuit for three months, twice weekly, 50 minutes per day.	Other: balance exercises circuit; Thirteen workstations were organized in a circuit format on involved multidirectional gait in different bases of support, unstable surfaces, functional reach, exercise with balls, and single-leg stance; Other Names: exercises
No Intervention: CONTROL GROUP; usual routine

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Berg Balance Scale	evaluates functional balance	three months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
QuickScreen scale	fall risk assessement	three months
Falls Efficacy Scale	self-efficacy or confidence in performing activities without falling	three months

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
static balance	static balance assessed by force plate	three months
Timed Up and Go	functional performance and functional balance	three months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas Sobre Atividade Física Para Idosos
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Marisete P Safons, Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas Sobre Atividade Física Para Idosos

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: February 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 12, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 28, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): September 30, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): September 30, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 28, 2016
• Last Verified: September 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Gepafi

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO