Digitally Assisted Rehabilitation at Home for Older Adults After Hip Surgery (GRIMSEL)

NCT07658664 | Not Yet Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: BASEC 2026-D0032
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 66
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a 12-week digitally supported, multimodal home rehabilitation program using the medical application Akina is as effective compared to routine care regarding functional independence in older adults undergoing hip surgery. How is this multimodal home rehabilitation program received by patients? Is this multimodal home program at least as effective in terms of functional indpendence, muscle status, mobility and quality of life compared to routine care? Researchers will compare the multimodal rehabilitation program using the application Akina to routine care to see if the program works to treat patients after hip surgery. Participants will: Undergo the rehab program at home or receive routine care (outpatient physiotherapy) for 12 weeks Visit the clinic after 6 and 12 weeks

Conditions

Hip Surgery; Rehabilitation Program; Geriatrics Rehabilitation; Digital Health Intervention

Keywords

functional independence; home-based rehabilitation; self-management; orthogeriatrics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• FIM motor subscale

  Change of the Functional independence measure (FIM) motor subscale from baseline to follow-up (12 weeks after surgery) between intervention and control group. The FIM motor subscale is a 13-item assessment tool ranging from a minimum of 13 points (dependence) to a maximum of 91 points (independence)

  from baseline (day 1 post-surgery) to follow-up (12 weeks after surgery)

Study Arms (2)

Routine care

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Routine care (outpatient physiotherapy)

Other: routine care

Digitally supported multimodal home rehabilitation

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Digitally supported multimodal rehabilitation program

Interventions

Digitally supported multimodal rehabilitation program OTHER

Multimodal personalized rehabilitation program including the medical application Akina and self-managed care based on a geriatric assessment

Digitally supported multimodal home rehabilitation

routine care OTHER

routine care

Routine care

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 55 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Community-dwelling adults aged 55 to 80 years
• Hospitalized for hip surgery with unrestricted weight bearing at University Hospital Bern

You may not qualify if:

• Discharge to inpatient rehabilitation
• inability to comply with a rehabilitation program (e.g. comorbidity that prevents 30min light workout, major cognitive impairment)
• end-of life situation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern: lead

Central Study Contacts

Anna K. Eggimann, PD Dr. med.

CONTACT

+41 31 632 21 11; anna.eggimann@insel.ch

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Open-label, assessor-blinded, non-inferiority randomized clinical trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 8, 2026
• First Posted: June 22, 2026
• Study Start: August 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2028
• Last Updated: June 22, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-06