38
Participants
Start Date
May 1, 2019
Primary Completion Date
November 16, 2023
Study Completion Date
November 16, 2023
Home Strengthening Exercises
The intervention group will perform unsupervised home strengthening exercises for the hip abductors in addition to standard physical therapy, while the control group will receive standard physical therapy alone.
Standard Physical Therapy
Physician determined standard of care for individual TKA patients.
Preoperative Assessments
"Assessments will include:~* TUG (timed up and go test) \>12 sec indicates increased fall risk~* Tandem balance test \< 10 sec indicates increased fall risk~* Sit to Stand test (age based norms)~* Knee Range Of Motion (ROM)~* Quadriceps and hamstring strength (MMT or hand held dynamometer)~* Lower Extremity Functional Score (LEFS questionnaire)"
UF & Shands Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute, Gainesville
UF Health Florida Surgical Center, Gainesville
UF Health at the University of Florida, Gainesville
UF Health Cancer Hospital, Gainesville
Collaborators (1)
Orthosensor, Inc.
INDUSTRY
University of Florida
OTHER