ARENA study: effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of outpatient physiotherapy after knee replacement

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Diseases; Topic: Surgery; Subtopic: Surgery; Disease: All Surgery

• Registration Number: ISRCTN32087234
• Lead Sponsor: orth Bristol NHS Trust

Brief Summary

2016 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27296366 2019 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31033232 (added 01/08/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-02-11
• Study Completion: 2018-05-09
• Last Update Posted: 26 August 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 180

Inclusion Criteria

1. NHS patients listed for primary total knee replacement due to osteoarthritis at Southmead Hospital or Emersons Green Treatment Centre
2. Male & Female
3. Lower Age Limit 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients listed for total knee replacement for reasons other than osteoarthritis
2. Patients listed for revision total knee replacement
3. Patients unable or unwilling to attend physiotherapy classes if randomised to the intervention group
4. Inability to participate in exercise for medical reasons such as unstable cardiovascular or severe neurological conditions
5. Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
6. Inability to understand English because not all the questionnaires have been translated and validated into other languages
7. Post-operative complication(s) within the first two weeks of surgery which would preclude participation in the physiotherapy class e.g. prosthetic joint infection, manipulation under anaesthetic

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFs) at 12 months after surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. EQ-5D-5L at 2 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after surgery<br> 2. LEFS at 3 months and 6 months after surgery<br> 3. Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) at 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after surgery<br> 4. Self-Administered Patient Satisfaction Scale for Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty at 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after surgery<br> 5. Likert-type scale for satisfaction with physiotherapy treatment received at 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after surgery<br> 6. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale at 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after surgery<br>