Effect of Leg Strengthening Exercise After Hip Fracture

PHASE1/PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

26

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2002

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2006

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2006

Conditions
Hip Fractures
Interventions
OTHER

progressive resistance exercise

lower extremity strengthening: 3 sets of 8 repetitions at the 8 repetition maximum (8RM)for the hip and knee extensors, hip abductors, plantarflexors twice weekly for 10 weeks.

OTHER

TENS

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to elicit sensory information (comfortable tingling) for 7 minutes to bilateral muscle groups including the gluteal muscles, quadriceps, and gastroc-soleus muscles. TENS administered twice weekly for 10 weeks.

Trial Locations (1)

19038

Arcadia University, Glenside

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Arcadia University

OTHER

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