The effect of walking on recovery following total hip replacement.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
What is the effect on independent recovery of using pedometers as a tool to prescribe exercise following total hip replacement?
IRAS ID
143417
Contact name
Thomas Withers
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of East Anglia
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 10 months, 28 days
Research summary
Physical activity is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. It is however known that on the whole people who have had a total hip replacement are not as physically active as people of a equivalent age, sex and demographic.
Therefore the aim of this research project is to examine whether a more structured approach to physical activity for the first 24 weeks following surgery could affect overall physical activity levels during the initial 25 weeks post-operation.
The study will have 2 groups, the first group (control group) will receive normal care, the second group (intervention group) will receive in addition to normal care a pedometer. Participants in the intervention group will be asked to wear the pedometer two days a week and will be given a target number of steps to reach on that day. The level of physical activity being undertaken and quality of life will be measured in both groups.
REC name
East of England - Cambridge Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/EE/1178
Date of REC Opinion
20 Oct 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion