ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Weight Loss in Patients Waiting for Total Hip Arthroplasty: Fiber-Enriched High Carbohydrate Diet Improves Hip Function and Decreases Pain before Surgery.
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- Fibre-Enriched High-Carbohydrate (FEHC) Diet Modulates Inflammation Without Affecting Bone Health in Older Women With Obesity: A Randomised Clinical Trial.Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews · 2025Trial
- Outcomes of total hip arthroplasty in obese patients with and without preoperative weight loss: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Review
- Outcome measures in prehabilitation interventions for total hip and knee arthroplasty: A scoping review.Clinical rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Loss of body weight is dose-dependently associated with reductions in symptoms of hip osteoarthritis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
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Abstract
The impact of obesity on clinical outcomes following joint replacement procedures is resounding. Therefore, multiple strategies to achieve a substantial weight loss before surgery are needed in obese patients. The aim of the study was to test the effect of a fiber-enriched high carbohydrate (FEHC) diet on the reduction in body weight and pain in elderly obese patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA). Sixty-one candidates for THA were included in our study. Prior to the procedure, the participants have been randomly assigned to a 3-month diet intervention (FEHC diet or free diet). Anthropometric measures and food questionnaires were collected at the enrollment and after 3 months. The Oxford Hip Score (OHS), the Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) and the Western Ontario McMaster Universities OA Index (WOMAC) were administered at baseline and before surgery. A statistically significant variation of weight was found in the FEHC diet group (-3.7 kg, -4.4--2.5) compared to the control group (-0.2 kg; -1.4-1.7;
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