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Clinical Trials/NCT02734225
NCT02734225
Completed
Not Applicable

Valoración de la Puesta en Marcha en Artroplastias Totales de Rodilla Mediante un Trabajo Postural en Plataforma Dinamometrica

University of Valencia0 sites69 target enrollmentMarch 2009

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Knee Osteoarthritis
Sponsor
University of Valencia
Enrollment
69
Primary Endpoint
Berg Balance Scale
Status
Completed
Last Updated
10 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Knee osteoarthritis produces degeneration and joint wear that greatly affects the patient's proprioceptive system increasing instability. After total knee arthroplasty intervention, it is recommended that the patient performs a rehabilitation procedure to minimize deficits caused by surgery. In this job it is essential to insist on the importance of recovering balance after total knee arthroplasty intervention, and assess a specifically designed protocol to restore its function. An intervention which includes a dynamometric platform as a training method was proposed. The randomized clinical trial compared a control group that performed balance exercises on parallel bars, unstable plates, ramps and stairs against an experimental group that included dynamometric platforms training as a differentiator.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
March 2009
End Date
December 2012
Last Updated
10 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Sergio Roig Casasus

Dr.

University of Valencia

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age between 65 and
  • Subjects with knee osteoarthritis that have not been operated before.
  • Patients operated with the same total replacement prosthesis.
  • Patients operated with the same surgical procedure.
  • Time before intervention over 4 weeks.
  • Time to start rehabilitation after surgery must be less than 4 weeks.
  • The Result in Berg scale must be greater than 21, indicating a medium-low risk of falling.
  • the Result of the Mini-Mental State Examination must be equal or greater than 20, which means they do not have moderate or severe cognitive impairment.
  • Once the informed consent is read and explained, patients must accept and agree to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patient does no accept sign the informed consent.
  • Patient with morphological alterations hip or ankle (also knee).
  • Patient that presents knee flexion out of the range between 70 ° and -20 ° because of the risk posed to suffer a fall.
  • Patient with suspected deep vein thrombosis.
  • Patient with post-surgical infection of the operated knee.
  • Patient with psychiatric disorders: depression, anxious syndrome, etc.
  • Patient with pathology of central origin (i.e. cerebellar) that could interfere with the results of the test of balance or strength
  • Patient with vestibular pathology that could interfere with the results of the test of balance

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Berg Balance Scale

Time Frame: Change from baseline (two weeks after intervention) to after four weeks of training

Balance among older people with impairment in balance function by assessing the performance of functional tasks from the total score achieved in the 14 items test

Secondary Outcomes

  • Romberg Tests(Change from baseline (two weeks after intervention) to after four weeks of training)
  • Knee Range of Mobility (º)(Change from baseline (two weeks after intervention) to after four weeks of training)
  • Functional Reach (cm)(Change from baseline (two weeks after intervention) to after four weeks of training)
  • Timed Up and Go Test (s)(Change from baseline (two weeks after intervention) to after four weeks of training)
  • Kendall and Lovet scale(Change from baseline (two weeks after intervention) to after four weeks of training)

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