352
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2002
Primary Completion Date
January 31, 2007
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2007
Recommend full weight-bearing
The full weight-bearing group is trained in 4-point gait with crutches and is recommended to put as much weight as tolerated on the leg on which surgery has been performed, immediately after surgery
Recommend parital weight-bearing
The partial weight-bearing group is trained in 3-point gait with crutches and is instructed to limit weight-bearing of the affected leg to 20kg for a period of six-weeks. Scales are used to train these participants not to exceed 20kg
Wedel Hospital, Department of Surgery, Wedel
University of Schleswig-Holstein Medical Center, Lübeck Campus, Lübeck
University of Schleswig-Holstein Medical Center, Kiel Campus, Kiel
Ostseeklinik Damp, Department I of Orthopedic Surgery, Damp
Verein zur Förderung der Erforschung und Bekämpfung rheumatischer Erkrankungen Bad Bramstedt e.V
OTHER
Landesversicherungsanstalt Schleswig-Holstein
UNKNOWN
Landesversicherungsanstalt Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
UNKNOWN
Deutsche Arthrose-Hilfe
OTHER
Verein zur Förderung der Rehabilitationsforschung in Schleswig-Holstein
OTHER