A recent randomized controlled trial conducted across three Norwegian hospitals examined whether preoperative exercise programs benefit older adults awaiting total hip replacement (THR). The study, ...
Background Prolonged physical impairments in range of movement, postural stability and walking speed are commonly reported following total hip replacement (THR). It is unclear from the current body of ...
For people with severe symptomatic hip osteoarthritis, total hip replacement (THR) alleviates hip pain and improves function much more effectively than a resistance training program supervised by a ...
Objective Clinical guidelines recommend exercise as a core treatment for knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA). However, how its analgesic effect compares to analgesics, for example, oral non-steroidal anti ...
Globally, hip fractures are among the top 10 causes of disability in adults. For displaced femoral neck fractures, there remains uncertainty regarding the effect of a total hip arthroplasty as ...
Correspondence to Daniel Hoseth Nilsen, Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen 5021, Norway; dnilsen{at}live.no Objectives At present, ...
Previous research on weight loss as part of hip osteoarthritis (OA) management has yielded conflicting results. This study examined one approach to weight loss in hip OA patients -- exercise plus a ...