Total Hip ReplacementNCT06238960
Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation in Continuity With Outpatient Physiotherapy After Total Hip Replacement.
A study testing Telerehabilitation and Traditional rehabilitation in people with Total Hip Replacement and Telerehabilitation, run by Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli at 1 site in Italy.
Trial summary
Total arthroplasty (THA) is the treatment of choice for severe osteoarthritis of the hip joint. Following this type of intervention, a multidisciplinary rehabilitation approach allows you to reduce pain and improve the ability to carry out activities of daily living (ADL), but it is not clear what the optimal… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 50 to 80 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Total Hip Replacement, Telerehabilitation, Physiotherapy
- What is being tested?
- Telerehabilitation and Traditional rehabilitation
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 104 participants
- Where
- 1 siteItaly
- Study dates
- 10 Feb 2024to 10 Dec 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 50 to 80 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Having undergone total hip replacement surgery (THA)
- Start outpatient treatment within 7 days of discharge from the Orthopedic Department
- Age between 50 and 80 years.
- Continuation of rehabilitation treatments at the IOR Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation service in Argenta.
- The subjects or any caregivers must be able to use an electronic device (PC, tablet, smartphone).
Who cannot join
- patients undergoing revision of previous prosthesis surgery
- difficulty understanding the Italian language/language barrier
- unavailability stable wi-fi connection by the patient
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
Italy1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
IRCCS Istituto ortopedico Rizzoli
Bologna, Italia, 40136
Marco Ruggiero, 3382001089, marco.ruggiero@ior.it
About this study
Official title: Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation in Continuity With Outpatient Physiotherapy After Total Hip Replacement: Randomized Clinical Trial.
Total arthroplasty (THA) is the treatment of choice for severe osteoarthritis of the hip joint. Following this type of intervention, a multidisciplinary rehabilitation approach allows you to reduce pain and improve the ability to carry out activities of daily living (ADL), but it is not clear what the optimal rehabilitation program is. Recently, the use of telerehabilitation has increased over the years. Specifically, in treatment of patients following THA surgery, telerehabilitation is able to give similar results to the treatment performed in person terms of pain and function. The aim of this study is to verify whether telerehabilitation associated with In-person treatment is comparable in terms of pain, recovery functionality and patient participation and satisfaction, compared to those provided by rehabilitation alone in the presence of patients undergoing THA surgery.
- Conditions
- Total Hip Replacement, Telerehabilitation, Physiotherapy
- Being tested
- Telerehabilitation, Traditional rehabilitation
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
TelerehabilitationOther
the patient will undergo 10 session of tele rehabilitation in continuity with traditional physiotherapy
Traditional rehabilitationOther
the patient will undergo 16 session of outpatient physiotherapy rehabilitation
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Telerehabilitation | Experimental | the patients who will be randomized and subjected to the experimental treatment will undergo a physiotherapy treatment with a biweekly frequency which will be started at the same times as the standard group.
After the sixth session, the process will continue through telerehabilitation until the end of outpatient treatment. Receives: Other: Telerehabilitation |
| traditional physiotherapy | Active comparator | Patients who will be randomized and subjected to standard treatment (usual care at our clinic) will undergo physiotherapy treatment on a bi-weekly basis in person. Receives: Other: Traditional rehabilitation |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome score (HOOS)
The HOOS is a 40-item self-report questionnaire with 5 subscales. A normalized score is calculated for each subscale with 0 indicating extreme symptoms and 100 representing no symptoms.
Measured: At baseline (day 0)
Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome score (HOOS)
The HOOS is a 40-item self-report questionnaire with 5 subscales. A normalized score is calculated for each subscale with 0 indicating extreme symptoms and 100 representing no symptoms.
Measured: After 8 weeks
Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome score (HOOS)
The HOOS is a 40-item self-report questionnaire with 5 subscales. A normalized score is calculated for each subscale with 0 indicating extreme symptoms and 100 representing no symptoms.
Measured: After 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes (4)
Timed Up and GO (TUG)
The test measures the time (in seconds) it takes a patient to get up from a chair, walk 3 meters, reverse and sit back in the chair. It can be performed without aids or with the aid usually used by the patient to walk.
Measured: After 8 weeks
Timed Up and GO (TUG)
The test measures the time (in seconds) it takes a patient to get up from a chair, walk 3 meters, reverse and sit back in the chair. It can be performed without aids or with the aid usually used by the patient to walk.
Measured: After 12 weeks
Harris Hip Score (HHS)
a multi-disability measurement tool, validated and translated into Italian, composed of a questionnaire and a specific clinical examination which has the aim of evaluating ADL and function in subjects with hip pathology
Measured: After 8 weeks
Harris Hip Score (HHS)
a multi-disability measurement tool, validated and translated into Italian, composed of a questionnaire and a specific clinical examination which has the aim of evaluating ADL and function in subjects with hip pathology
Measured: After 12 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted2 Feb 2024
- Study start10 Feb 2024
- Primary completion10 Nov 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion10 Dec 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (2)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Total Hip ReplacementStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 104 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06238960
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- TELERIABPTA
- Status last verified
- Feb 2026
- First submitted
- 26 Jan 2024
- Last updated
- 23 Feb 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes
Publications
Sadiq S, Ahmad A, Ahmed A, Khan I, Asim HM, Aziz A. Role of tele-rehabilitation in patients following total hip replacement: Systematic review of clinical trials. J Pak Med Assoc. 2022 Jan;72(1):101-107. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.832.
PubMed 35099447Nelson M, Bourke M, Crossley K, Russell T. Telerehabilitation is non-inferior to usual care following total hip replacement - a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial. Physiotherapy. 2020 Jun;107:19-27. doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2019.06.006. Epub 2019 Jun 25.
PubMed 32026820