Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction after rehabilitation with an orthopaedic knee scooter - a randomised, controlled Multicenter trial
Phase 1
- Conditions
- Injury or disease of the lower extremity with the need for partial or complete non-weight bearingPostoperative need for partial or complete non-weight bearing of the lower extremity
- Registration Number
- DRKS00032980
- Lead Sponsor
- Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Muskuloskelettales Universitätszentrum München (MUM), LMU Klinikum, LMU München
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 88
Inclusion Criteria
Illnesses, injuries or operations of the foot, ankle or distal lower leg with a required partial loading or unloading phase of several weeks for the respective affected extremity.
Exclusion Criteria
- Impairment of both lower extremities
- Pregnancy/breastfeeding
- Impairment of the upper extremity that makes the use of forearm crutches or the Forearm crutches or the orthopedic scooter.
- Lower extremity weight-bearing impairment, such as immobilized knee joint arthroplasty (which precludes the use of forearm crutches or an orthopedic scooter).
- Balance disorders that contraindicate the use of an orthopedic scooter or
forearm crutches
- Thrombosis or high-grade arteriovenous disorders of the affected extremity.
- Legal care
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patient satisfaction, quality of life, walking distance according to SF-36, EQ5D and custom made questionnaire after the end of the use of the aids.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method mobility, medical leave according to SF-36, EQ5D and custom made questionnaire after the end of the use of the aids.