Safety of Non-delayed Weight Bearing After Total Hip Replacement With Non-Cemented Fiber Metal Taper Stem

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Conditions studied: Osteoarthritis, Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if full weight bearing following total hip replacement can speed recovery when the hip replacement in the long bone of the leg is not cemented into the bone. When cement is used, most surgeons allow full or nearly full weight bearing following hip replacement. One drawback to cementless implants has been the restriction of weight bearing for six to eight weeks after surgery, during which time patients are allowed to only put their foot flat on the floor of the operated leg without bearing weight on that leg. This study compares the effect of immediate weight bearing on the speed of recovery from hip replacement surgery in two groups of patients receiving a non-cemented total hip replacement: one group is randomly assigned to not bear weight, and the other group is randomly assigned to allowed, tolerated weight bearing from the day of surgery forward.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00179088

Run by

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

People needed

33

Starts

2003-05-01

Expected to finish

2007-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-31

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age 18 or older
• English Speaking
• any form of hip arthritis
• primary total hip arthroplasty
• willing to sign informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• under age 18
• non-English speaking
• critically ill patients
• people who are unable to follow-up appropriately due to travel concerns or mental illness.
• revision total hip arthroplasty
• trochanteric osteotomy
• intra-operative fracture
• prisoners
• not willing to sign informed consent

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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