Study on muscle and recovery after hip surgery in older adults
Treatments studied
Part of Bones, joints & muscles clinical trials.
This trial looks at how muscle health affects your ability to get back to normal activities after hip replacement surgery for a broken hip or severe arthritis. By using MRI scans and other tests, researchers hope to understand if having less muscle makes recovery harder.
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Who can take part
- You are 65 or older and are scheduled for hip replacement due to a broken upper thigh bone or severe hip arthritis.
- You must not have a pacemaker or other metal implants that would make an MRI unsafe.
- You cannot have a lower-leg replacement on the opposite hip that would affect muscle measurements.
- You must not have cancer that is spreading or severe memory/thinking problems that would affect participation.
- You must be able to walk (with or without a cane or walker) before your hip fracture or surgery.
- If you have arthritis requiring surgery, you cannot have active inflammatory joint diseases (like rheumatoid arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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