Comparison of isolated stand-alone training after knee arthroscopy vs. VR-assisted training (virtual reality)

Phase 2

Conditions: OPS 5-812 Arthroscopic surgery on articular cartilage and menisciOPS 5-813 Arthroscopic refixation and plastic surgery of the capsular ligament apparatus of the knee joint

Registration Number: DRKS00030547

Lead Sponsor: ahn-Dill Kliniken

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting stopped after recruiting started

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Written informed consent has been obtained from the patient prior to participation in the study.
The patient will be operated at the Lahn-Dill Clinics, Dillenburg.
The typical patient population in the gray zone between incipient osteoarthritis of the knee joint and clinically tangible mechanical damage such as by a pinching meniscus tear is to be investigated.
Willingness for telephone follow-up or on-site interview at the hospital or practice.

Exclusion Criteria

There is no informed consent from the patient.

The patient has tumor disease at the time of follow-up (not tumor-free in the last 5 years).

Grade 3 obesity (obesity permagna, BMI = 40 kg/m2); WHO classification.

Currently existing infection.

Patient has a history of pregnancy at the time of consent prior to planned surgery (prospective).

Patient is a minor, incapable of consenting, or legally incompetent or limited in capacity.

There are dependency diseases (e.g. alcohol or drug addiction, etc.) or other diseases that do not allow the patient to assess the nature and scope as well as possible consequences of the follow-up.

Age of subject >74 years at inclusion in the study.

Subject does not achieve full score on Berg Balance Score [1].

Participation of the patient in another clinical trial within the last 4 weeks before inclusion.

More complex procedures are expected during surgery (meniscal refixation, cartilage grafting, ligament replacement surgery).

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comparison of the two training options after knee reflection with regard to joint function and subjective well-being or activity based on the IKDC score

Secondary Outcome Measures