Can a sensor device boost brain and body recovery after hip fracture?
NCT ID NCT07392515
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing whether adding a sensor-based device to standard physical therapy can improve both thinking and movement in frail older adults recovering from hip fracture surgery. Thirty participants aged 65-89 will use the device for part of their rehab. The goal is to see if this tech-enhanced approach leads to better cognitive and motor outcomes than conventional therapy alone.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- sensor-based rehabilitation device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could offer a more effective way to help elderly patients recover both movement and thinking after a hip fracture.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 30 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The device is an add-on, not a replacement for 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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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65 to 89 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Age between 65 and 89 years * Patients who have undergone one of the following surgical treatments specifically for proximal femur fracture including Total hip arthroplasty (total hip replacement), Partial hip arthroplasty (hemiarthroplasty), Intramedullary nailing * Time since surgery not exceeding 15 days * Clinical stability * Patients admitted to the rehabilitation wards of the centers involved in the study and therefore eligible for rehabilitative therapy. Exclusion Criteria: * Age \> 90 years * Age \< 65 years * Refusal to sign the informed consent form * Behavioral or cognitive disorders limiting compliance with the rehabilitative treatment * Presence of mechanical instability of the implanted surgical device * Clinical instability (e.g., sepsis, severe anemia, cardiorespiratory failure) or pre-existing comorbidities affecting ambulation (neurological diseases or chronic pre-existing disabilities) * Concomitant presence of other fractures that prevent the possibility of carrying out a rehabilitative treatment * Severe visual impairments not correctable with lenses that prevent the patient from performing the treatment using digital tools * Pre-existing motor disability prior to the femur fracture due to other systemic diseases (e.g., advanced-stage neurodegenerative diseases, severe heart failure) * Conditions contraindicating the use of sensors (pacemaker, epilepsy, skin lesions, open wounds, and severe allergies in areas of contact with the devices).
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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COT - Cure Ortopediche Traumatologiche
RECRUITINGMessina, Italy, 98124, Italy
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Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi - Centro Santa Maria della Provvidenza
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRoma, Italy, 00166, Italy
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