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- Clinical Trial NCT04247802
Backwards Walking Programme Following Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
November 2, 2022 updated by: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
A Backwards Walking Programme Following Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Feasibility Pilot Study
Backwards walking has been shown to improve balance and walking in patients who have knee Osteoarthritis.
It is not known if these benefits may also be seen after surgery in patients who have had a hip or knee replacement because of Osteoarthritis.
This study will look to see if it is possible to conduct a bigger study into how effective backwards walking may be after joint replacement.
Patients who come to the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford for a hip or knee replacement will be invited.
They will be placed into one of two groups at random: a group where they have a course of physiotherapy plus a backwards walking programme or a group where they have a course of physiotherapy.
The physiotherapy will last for 12 weeks and those who take part will have two study assessments.
The first will be before any treatment and patients will complete five measures and also be issued with a simple tick box diary to complete over the 12 weeks.
The second assessment will be after the treatment and will involve the same five measures and the diaries will be collected in.
Participants at this assessment will also be asked if they would like to take part in an interview for the study.
This is to see what the patients thought of the study.
During the study the researcher will record things such as how many patients say 'yes' to the study and how many participants drop out of the treatment, to understand if a bigger study could take place.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
63
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Oxfordshire
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Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX16 9AL
- Horton General Hospital
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX3 7HE
- Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
65 years and older (OLDER_ADULT)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and women aged 65 or older.
- Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.
- Participants who have received a primary unilateral hip or knee arthroplasty due to osteoarthritis.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Post-operative weight bearing restrictions.
- Post-operative complications such as infection, a deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, or failure of the wound to heal.
- Inability to undertake a backwards walking programme due to conditions such as severe cardiovascular or pulmonary disease (New York Heart Association III-IV).
- Severe dementia or communication difficulties that would prevent completion of study assessments.
- Any neurological condition.
- Further planned treatment on the same or contralateral hip or knee within the next 6 months.
- Registered as visually impaired.
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: PARALLEL
- Masking: SINGLE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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EXPERIMENTAL: Backwards Walking (BW) programme
This group will undertake a routine course of one to one out-patient physiotherapy which will include a BW programme.
The BW programme will be prescribed by a physiotherapist and the participant will carry it out, along with other prescribed exercises, in their own home.
Each participant will initially be prescribed a 5 minute BW programme to be completed once a day.
The length of the BW programme and intensity will be progressed or regressed as deemed appropriate by the treating clinician with the aim for patients to achieve at least 10 minutes of BW every day of the week.
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A 12 week Backwards walking programme prescribed by a registered physiotherapist and completed as part of a home exercise programme.
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Usual Care
This group will undertake a routine course of one to one out-patient physiotherapy over 12 weeks.
To allow comparison between the two groups the control group will also have up to four review appointments where their home exercise programme can be progressed or regressed.
The physiotherapy treatments will be not be restricted (apart from no BW programme) to allow for a pragmatic approach based on the treating clinician's clinical judgement, however their content will be recorded on treatment logs.
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A 12 week physiotherapy exercise programme EXCLUDING backwards walking
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Berg Balance Scale
Time Frame: 12 weeks
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14-item objective measure of static and dynamic balance.
Each item is rated from 0 (low score) to 4 (high score).
The test is scored out of 56.
Scores between 41-56 indicate low risk of falls, 21-40 medium risk and below 20 high risk of falls.
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12 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Four Square Step Test
Time Frame: 12 weeks
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Objective measure of stepping speed and obstacle clearance in multiple directions
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12 weeks
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2 minute walk test
Time Frame: 12 weeks
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Provides a measure of gait speed and distance
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12 weeks
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30 second chair raise test
Time Frame: 12 weeks
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Validated clinical measure of lower body strength and dynamic balance
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12 weeks
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Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale
Time Frame: 12 weeks
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Self-report measure of balance confidence whilst performing 16 different tasks.
Scores range for each item from 0 (no confidence) to 100 (completely confident).
For the total score all items were added together and divided by 16 to give the average.
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12 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Martha Batting, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
August 5, 2020
Primary Completion (ACTUAL)
October 15, 2021
Study Completion (ACTUAL)
December 31, 2021
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
January 28, 2020
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
January 28, 2020
First Posted (ACTUAL)
January 30, 2020
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
November 4, 2022
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
November 2, 2022
Last Verified
April 1, 2022
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- PID14748
- 272567 (OTHER: IRAS)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
NO
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
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