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Effectiveness of Contemporary Knee Arthroplasty in Working-age Patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Knee Osteoarthritis
Interventions
Other: Knee arthroplasty
Registration Number
NCT03233620
Lead Sponsor
Coxa, Hospital for Joint Replacement
Brief Summary

The aim of our study was to assess the effectiveness of contemporary knee arthroplasty in working-age patients (\< 65 years) by conducting a prospective cohort study with 2-year follow up. Outcomes were measured comprehensively using various patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to provide information on the effect of knee arthroplasty on pain, satisfaction, physical activity, activities of daily living, and quality of life.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
250
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 65 or less and
  • Scheduled for either TKA or unicondylar knee arthroplasty (UKA)
Exclusion Criteria
  • rheumatoid arthritis or other inflammatory diseases
  • unwilling to provide informed consent
  • physical, mental, or neurological conditions that could comprise the patient´s ability and compliance with postoperative rehabilitation and follow-up (e.g., drug or alcohol abuse, serious mental illness, general neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), etc.)
  • known sensitivity to materials in the devices.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
working age patientsKnee arthroplastyProspective cohort of 250 patients.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Effectiveness of contemporary knee arthroplasty in working-age patients2 years

PROMs

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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