Reporter brief
Efficacy of a Sarcopenia Screening Program in Subjects With Advanced Coxarthrosis. SARCO-COX Randomized Intervention Study
What happened
Trial registry update: NOT_YET_RECRUITING. No results reported in the supplied registry record.
Why it matters
Assessment pending; this report does not establish a change in evidence.
What it does NOT prove
- The abstract does not report primary outcome results, effect sizes, or statistical significance—only study design and planned assessments. The three-group design makes it unclear whether benefits, if found, come from exercise per se or from targeted identification of sarcopenia. The study compares exercise against standard care rather than against placebo, leaving open whether observed improvements reflect exercise, expectancy effects, or usual recovery trajectory.
Study design and sample
Rct; Human.
Adults aged 65 years or older with advanced hip osteoarthritis undergoing total hip replacement surgery
- Design
- Rct
- Sample
- 150
- Journal
- Fundación Pública Andaluza para la Investigación de Málaga en Biomedicina y Salud
- Published
- Sep 15, 2026
Effect size
Not recorded.
Caveats
- Assessment: Unassessed.
- Only the source material recorded on this evidence page was assessed.
Conflicts and funding
Not recorded.
Previous evidence
See the Resistance training timeline and recorded assessment for prior evidence.
Primary source
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