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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Maire, Jérôme
• Dugué, Benoit
• Faillenet-Maire, Anne-Françoise
• Smolander, Juhani
• Tordi, Nicolas
• Parratte, Bernard
• Grange, Céline
• Rouillon, Jean-Denis

Titel

Influence of a 6-week arm exercise program on walking ability and health status after hip arthroplasty: a 1-year follow-up pilot study

Ist Teil von

• Journal of rehabilitation research and development, 2006-07, Vol.43 (4), p.445-450

Ort / Verlag

United States: Department of Veterans Affairs

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The influence of an upper-limb interval-training program after total hip arthroplasty (THA) in elderly patients was studied during a 1 yr follow-up on health status and walking ability. After surgery, 14 patients were randomly assigned to the control group that started a 6 wk general rehabilitation program or the training group that combined it with an interval exercise program on an arm ergometer. A Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) Osteoarthritis Index was completed 1 mo before and 2 mo and 1 yr after surgery. A 6 min walking test was performed at 2 mo and 1 yr after surgery. The training group covered a significantly longer distance than the control group in the 6 min walk test and obtained significantly lower WOMAC scores both at 2 mo and 1 yr after surgery. However, both groups significantly improved in WOMAC and in their performance during the survey. Endurance-type upper-body aerobic training in a rehabilitation program might be important after THA.