Effect of Cycle Ergometer in the Rehabilitation of Elderly Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty

Effect of Cycle Ergometer in the Rehabilitation of Elderly Patients With Total Hip Arthroplasty: Randomized Controlled Trial

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of an exercise program with a cycle ergometer in functional outcome and related-health quality of life (RHQL) in elderly patients with total hip arthroplasty.

Behavioral: Ergometer Cycling Ergometer Cycling under the guidance of a physical therapist after the second postoperative week. These training sessions were scheduled to be performed two times a week for a time period of at least eith weeks.

Behavioral: No ergometer cycling Patients of the no ergometer cycling group did not receive any ergometer cycling after surgery, only conventional exercises.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged patients (60 years or more) of both sexes
• Being submitted to the total hip arthroplasty, primary and unilateral, for hip osteoarthritis or hip osteonecrosis
• no history of physical therapy two months before surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• arthroplasty of hip fracture or other condition;
• neurological disease that compromises motor function;
• postoperative complications (dislocation, infection, cardiovascular events);
• revision of the prosthesis;
• patients who are unable to attend the sessions of physical therapy or refused to participate in the study