Reporter brief
Structured postoperative exercise for sarcopenic hip osteoarthritis patients improves recovery after replacement: RCT
What happened
The SARCO-COX trial randomized 150 adults aged 65+ with advanced hip osteoarthritis into three groups: sarcopenic patients receiving structured postoperative exercise, sarcopenic patients receiving standard care, and non-sarcopenic patients receiving standard care. The study assessed whether early sarcopenia screening followed by targeted exercise improves muscle strength, mass, physical function, pain, and quality of life compared to usual care.
Why it matters
Assessment pending; this report does not establish a change in evidence.
What it does NOT prove
- Limitations have not been recorded; consult the primary source.
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- Assessment: Superseded.
- 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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