Digital Home-Based Physical Activity Promotion for Older Adults After Total Hip Arthroplasty
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Conditions studied: Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA), Older Adults (65 Years and Older)
In brief
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of a 12-week digital home-based intervention program, consisting of a tablet-based exercise program with or without personal coaching, to promote physical activity (PA) in older adults after total hip arthroplasty (THA). The main question it aims to answer is: • Does the combination of the digital exercise program and personal coaching lead to higher PA six months after THA compared to usual care among older adults? Secondary questions are: * Does the digital exercise program alone lead to higher PA compared to usual care? * Does the digital exercise program combined with personal coaching lead to higher PA compared to the exercise program alone? Participants' PA will be objectively measured with a body-fixed sensor at 1 week before THA (T1), 6 weeks after THA (T2), and 6 months (i.e. after THA (T3). After the postoperative assessment at T2, participants will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: * 12-week tablet-based exercise program at home with virtual personal coaching for physical activity promotion * 12-week tablet-based exercise program at home * Usual care (control group, no additional intervention)
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07135843
- Run by
- Heidelberg University
- People needed
- 213
- Starts
- 2025-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2028-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-09-02
Who can join
Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age ≥65 years
- Coxarthrosis with indication for total hip arthroplasty
- Residence within a radius of ≤50 km from Heidelberg
- Ability to walk ≥10 m (with/without walking aid)
- Access to the internet (Wi-Fi) at home
- Written informed consent
You may not qualify if…
- Insufficient German language skills
- Insufficient hearing to communicate via (video) telephone
- Insufficient vision to recognize study materials
- Contralateral coxarthrosis with indication for total hip arthroplasty
- Severe medical condition illnesses that compromise physical fitness (heart failure classified as New York Heart Association [NYHA] class ≥3, heart valve defects associated with syncope, cardiac arrhythmia with dizziness, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD] with oxygen therapy, cancer with chemotherapy and/or radiation, Parkinson's disease with rollator use [Hoehn \& Yahr stage ≥4])
- Living in a nursing home
- Planned major medical procedure within the next 6 months with inpatient hospital stay (e.g., further surgery)
- Simultaneous participation in another competing study
- Cognitive impairment (6-item Cognitive Impairment Test [6CIT] score >7 points)
Where it is running
- Department of Orthopaedics, Heidelberg University Hospital — Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (enrolling)
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