The HAPI ’Hip Arthroscopy Pre-habilitation Intervention’ Study.

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  The HAPI ’Hip Arthroscopy Pre-habilitation Intervention’ Study. Does pre-habilitation affect outcomes in patients undergoing hip arthroscopy for femoro-acetabular impingement?

• IRAS ID

  129236

• Contact name

  kay caldwell

• Contact email

  k.caldwell@mdx.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  The Society of Orthopaedic Medicine

• Research summary

  Hip arthroscopy, is keyhole surgery that can be used to perform removal of bone in the management of hip impingement, labral (cartilage) repairs and other procedures (Larson et al 2008, Clohisy et al 2010, Byrd et al 2009). This type of surgery used less commonly in the 1980s,(Shetty et al 2007)is now being increasingly used with more than 30,000 surgeries performed in the United States of America in 2008; with increasing numbers anticipated(Wahoff et al 2011).As the diagnostic and surgical capabilities have evolved concerning the hip, and the advancement of the understanding of the pathologies of this joint; so must the physiotherapeutic management (Enseki et al 2006). This study proposes to look at two groups of patients prospectively at set time periods before and after hip arthroscopy surgery for hip impingement (femoroacetabular impingement). One group will undergo prehabilitation exercises (exercises done before surgery), and the other will not.
  The patient’s functional status will be assessed at each of these time periods using patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) such as the Non-Arthritic Hip Score (NAHS) and the EQ-5D-5L score, these are forms that the participant will fill in themselves. In addition to these PROMs, hand held dynamometry (a hand held device used by a physiotherapist which the patient pushes against to measure their muscle power) will be used to examine muscle weakness pre and post surgery. The study aims to provide more information into the subject of hip arthroscopy prehabilitation and rehabilitation to help improve patient physiotherapeutic care and recovery from this type of surgery.

• REC name

  Yorkshire & The Humber - Bradford Leeds Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  13/YH/0226

• Date of REC Opinion

  30 Sep 2013

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion