COmmunity-based Rehabilitation after Knee Arthroplasty (CORKA)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Knee osteoarthritis; Musculoskeletal Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN13517704
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Oxford

Brief Summary

2016 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27737685 protocol 2020 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33250068/ results (added 01/12/2020) 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34452970/ (added 01/09/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-02-12
• Study Completion: 2019-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 13 September 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 621

Inclusion Criteria

1. Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study
2. Male or female, aged 55 years or above
3. Primary unilateral KR as a scheduled procedure
4. Deemed by study screening tool developed to be at risk of poor outcome
5. Happy to allow physiotherapy teams to attend their home to deliver the intensive rehabilitation programme if randomised to the intervention arm

Exclusion Criteria

1. Any absolute contraindications to exercise
2. Severe cardiovascular or pulmonary disease (New York Heart Association III-IV)
3. Severe dementia, assessed using the hospital dementia screening tool
4. Rheumatoid arthritis
5. Further lower limb arthroplasty surgery planned within 12 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified