457
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2005
Primary Completion Date
April 30, 2006
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2008
Ergometer Cycling
Ergometer Cycling under the guidance of a physical therapist after the second postoperative week. These training sessions were scheduled to be performed three times a week for a time period of at least three weeks. The resistance of the ergometer was set to a minimum (for example 30 Watts). Physical therapists were informed to pay special attention, that the height of the saddle is set so that the forefoot reaches the pedal with the knee in extension.
No ergometer cycling
Patients of the no ergometer cycling group did not receive any ergometer cycling after surgery
Wedel Hospital, Department of Surgery, Wedel
University of Schleswig-Holstein Medical Center, Lübeck Campus, Lübeck
University of Schleswig-Holstein Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kiel
Ostseeklinik Damp, Department I of Orthopedic Surgery, Damp
Rheumaklinik Bad Bramstedt, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bad Bramstedt
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