Rehabilitation Strategies to Improve Outcomes For Patients With a Lower Extremity Fracture

Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate speed high intensity interval training (HIIT) walking program following an orthopedic trauma.

Conditions

Femoral Fracture, Tibial Fractures

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Study overview

The purpose of this study is to evaluate speed high intensity interval training (HIIT) walking program following an orthopedic trauma.

Rehabilitation Strategies to Improve Outcomes For Patients With a Lower Extremity Fracture

Rehabilitation Strategies to Improve Outcomes For Patients With a Lower Extremity Fracture

Condition
Femoral Fracture
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Lexington

University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40506

Nashville

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Ability to read and speak English
  • * Acute orthopedic injury to the femoral or tibial shaft requiring surgical fixation with an intramedullary rod
  • * Age 18-50 years of age
  • * History of chronic pain defined as pain lasting more than 3 months and bothersome at least half the days over the past 6 months that started before the fracture
  • * Moderate or severe traumatic brain injury
  • * Initial treatment requiring amputation
  • * Not employed at the time of the accident at least 20 hours per week.
  • * Spinal cord injury
  • * History of schizophrenia, dementia or neurologic disorder with peripheral dysfunction
  • * Non ambulatory or limited ability to walk without an assistive device prior to the fracture
  • * Multiple trauma that prevents early weight bearing
  • * Current Pregnancy
  • * Unable to participate in or complete in-person follow-up visits or therapy sessions
  • * In outpatient Physical Therapy at the start of the intervention
  • * Use of an assistive device to walk for community ambulation at the 10-12 weeks post hospital discharge time point

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 50 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Brian W. Noehren,

Brian Noehren, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Kentucky

Study Record Dates

2025-07