Post-Operative Rehabilitation of Knee Osteochondral Defect: A Case Series

Completed

• Conditions: Osteochondral Defect; Osteochondritis Dissecans

• Registration Number: NCT03452098
• Lead Sponsor: California State University, Northridge

Brief Summary

A case-series review was performed on five collegiate athletes with osteochondral lesions of the knee at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). All subjects received surgical intervention to treat the defect. The surgeries performed were either an Osteoarticular Transfer System (OATS) procedure and/or a Microfracturing procedure. Subjects were treated post-operatively by the CSUN team physical therapist and/or athletic trainers at CSUN. This paper seeks to provide information about osteochondral defects of the knee, the surgical interventions, and a protocol for post-operative treatment and rehabilitation of such injuries.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-01
• Study First Submitted: 2018-02-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-02-28
• Study First Posted: 2018-03-02
• Primary Completion: 2018-11
• Study Completion: 2018-11
• Status Verified: 2019-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-02-07
• Last Update Posted: 2019-02-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 5

Inclusion Criteria

• Student athlete at CSUN
• Diagnosed with Osteochondral dissecans (OCD)
• Underwent surgical procedure to treat OCD
• Treated postoperatively by the team physical therapist and/or athletic trainers at CSUN.

Exclusion Criteria

• No concurrent ligamentous injures to the knee during the time of subject participation in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Level of Function	Through study completion; an average of 6 months	Determined by subject's ability to return to play of his/her respective sport

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain	Monthly until the completion of the study; an average of 6 months	Pain as measured by the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), 0 (No pain) - 10 (Severe Pain)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

California State University, Northridge; 🇺🇸 Northridge, California, United States