Effectiveness of acute in-hospital physiotherapy with knee-extension strength training in reducing strength deficits in patients with a hip fracture: A randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Question

Is acute in-hospital physiotherapy with additional progressive knee-extension strength training (ST) of the fractured limb more effective in reducing knee-extension strength deficit at follow-up compared to physiotherapy without strength training in patients with a hip fracture?

Design

Assessor blinded, randomised controlled trial with intention-to-treat analysis.

Participants

90 patients with a hip fracture admitted to an acute orthopaedic Hip Fracture Unit at a university hospital between October 2013 and May 2015.

Intervention

Daily physiotherapy with or without progressive knee-extension strength training (10RM), 3 x 10 repetitions, of the fractured limb using ankle weight cuffs conducted by ward physical therapists during hospital stay.

Outcome

SUBMITTER: Kronborg L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5491058 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature