Adding local muscle vibration to rehabilitation for older adults after hip fracture

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This interventional study will combine a standard rehabilitation program with sessions of localized muscle vibration in patients aged 75 and over who have had surgery for an upper femur fracture. Participants admitted to the geriatric rehabilitation unit within 14 days of their operation will receive an initial assessment, the combined intervention during their stay, and a final assessment plus an acceptability and satisfaction questionnaire. The protocol allows inclusion of patients able to consent and, under defined procedures, patients with impaired capacity through surrogate or guardian consent. Outcomes will target feasibility, functional recovery measures, and patient acceptability of the vibration adjunct.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients aged 75 or over who have undergone surgery for a fracture of the upper end of the femur
* Hospitalised in the SMR department no later than D14 of their operation
* Resource Iso Group greater than or equal to 3 on the Aggir scale
* Patient capable of consenting who has signed a consent form or patient unable to express consent at the discretion of the principal investigator, informed and not opposed to the study, for whom a trusted person, or if not available, the family, or if not available, a close relative has signed an informed consent within a maximum of 2 days. For patients under guardianship, the guardian's consent will be requested, and for patients under curatorship, the patient will sign the consent in the presence of the curator within a maximum of 2 days as well.
* Affiliated to a social security scheme

Exclusion Criteria:

* Persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision
* Individuals with severe psycho-behavioral disorders (major psychiatric or neurocognitive disorders)
* Persons admitted to a health or social establishment for purposes other than research
* Contraindications to electrical stimulation:

  * Patient with active devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators, insulin pumps, neurostimulators, etc
  * Patient with phlebitis or risk of thrombosis
  * Epileptic patient
  * Patient with fragile skin or open wounds on the lower limbs
* Subject participating in another interventional study with an exclusion period still in progress at pre-inclusion.

Where it's running

• HOPITAL PIERRE GARRAUD - Service de MEDECINE GERIATRIQUE
  Lyon, France Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Alexandre MENDIBIL, MD
• Email: alexandre.mendibil@chu-lyon.fr
• Phone: 00 33 4 72 16 71 39

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.