Can gentle vibrations help seniors walk again after a broken hip?
NCT ID NCT07309965
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether adding local muscle vibration to standard rehabilitation can help elderly patients (75+) recover strength and mobility after a hip fracture. The vibration is applied to the leg muscles for 30 minutes, five times a week, for four weeks. The main goal is to see if this approach is practical and acceptable for patients and staff, with early signs of whether it improves muscle recovery.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- local muscle vibration therapy
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, drug-free way to speed up recovery and reduce muscle loss after hip fracture in elderly patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small feasibility study (25 people) with no control group, so it cannot prove effectiveness. The vibration technique may not fit into busy rehab schedules or may not help recovery more than standard care.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 25 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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75 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
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.
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Locations
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HOPITAL PIERRE GARRAUD - Service de MEDECINE GERIATRIQUE
RECRUITINGLyon, 69005, France
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