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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON44769
NL-OMON44769
Completed
Not Applicable

Should a patient with medial knee osteoarthritis be operated? A RCT - Should medial knee OA be operated?

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
arthrosis
Sponsor
Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam
Enrollment
124
Status
Completed
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • knee pain located over the medial tibiofemoral compartment of the knee, knee pain for more than 3 months, with a severity of the knee pain of 3 on a NRS score or higher (range 0 to 10\), radiographic signs of medial knee OA, defined by a Kellgren \& Lawrence score of grade 1 or higher, and presence of varus malalignment as measured on a whole leg radiograph.

Exclusion Criteria

  • OA of lateral compartment, rheumatoid arthritis, grade\-3 collateral ligament laxity, range of motion of \< 100°, a flexion contracture of \> 10°, history of fracture or previous open operation of the lower limb, patients that already used a orthopaedic knee brace for knee OA in the same knee, patients with a contralateral high tibial osteotomy will be excluded if the first knee has been included in this trial; thus, if both knees are symptomatic, only the first knee will be included, patients from whom it is not sure that they will be able to attend the follow\-up measurements, insufficient command of the Dutch language, spoken and/or written.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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