A multi-stage randomised controlled study for the assessment of postoperative therapeutic procedures after total knee arthroplasty

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Recruiting

• Conditions: M17; Gonarthrosis [arthrosis of knee]

• Registration Number: DRKS00013617
• Lead Sponsor: Brandenburgische Technische Universität C-S

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-12-19
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

For Group A, subjects aged between 22 and 27 years will be recruited at a university. Groups B .. X will be recruited at an orthopaedics department and will comprise subjects aged between 50 and 80 years who present at the department prior to a TKA operation that they are due to undergo.

Exclusion Criteria

For Group A, subjects may not have any restrictions in the function of their lower limbs. Subjects who report a medical history of injuries that might compromise symmetry will be excluded. These include fractures and cruciate ligament ruptures, but also other kinds of immobilisation in the past 24 months, such as after supination trauma or acute pain in the past three months. They may not have any diseases that are associated with neurological symptom complexes, balance disorders or muscular dystrophies.
For Group B-X, subjects who cannot walk independently prior to surgery or who have serious neurological diseases or diseases of the vestibular system will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
preoperative, 9 days postoperativ and 6 weeks postoperative: 10-m walk test, time up and go, three times sit to stand, isometric maximal force with a handheld dynamometer, stair climbing test, manual leg circumference measurement;<br>5 days postoperativ: 10-m walk test, time up and go, three times sit to stand, isometric maximal force, manual leg circumference measurement;

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
preoperative and 6 weeks postoperative: knee society score, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index