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Physical Therapy vs Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Knee Medial Meniscus Tears
Interventions
Procedure: arthroscopic partial meniscectomy
Procedure: physical therapy
Registration Number
NCT05655429
Lead Sponsor
Shenzhen People's Hospital
Brief Summary

The purpose was to assess knee function outcomes between physical therapy and arthroscopic partial menisectomy(APM) for Metabolic syndrome(MetS) patients with degenerative meniscus lesions(DMLs) during 12 month follow up.

Detailed Description

Metabolic syndrome were diagnosed with abdominal obesity, insulin resistance with or without glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia or elevated blood pressure and widely prevalence all around the world.MetS patients were always correlated with knee osteoarthritis or cartilage volume loss. For MetS patients with DMLs, whether physical therapy was non-inferior to APM in knee function and MetS components was unknown.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria
  • Must be age between 35 and 70 years old;

    • Clinical diagnosis of metabolic syndrome;
    • Clinical diagnosis of degenerative meniscus lesions;
    • Patients who has knee pain history
    • Knee symptoms consistent with DMLs verified on MRI
    • eligible for arthroscopic partial meniscectomy surgery by the examining orthopedic surgeons.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Must be able to have no acute knee injury such as car crash or acute sports injury;

    • Must be able to have no knee surgeries history;
    • Must be able to have no rheumatoid arthritis or serious knee osteoarthritis with deformity;
    • Must be able to have no contraindications to MRI;
    • Must be able to have no severe cardiopulmonary disease;
    • Must be able to have no musculoskeletal or neuromuscular impairments ;
    • Must be able to have good visual, hearing, or cognitive;

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
arthroscopic partial meniscectomyarthroscopic partial meniscectomyThe torn meniscus and unstable part were removed with arthroscopic instruments.
physical therapyphysical therapyPhysical therapy mainly include aerobic exercises and resistance exercise, flexibility exercises about 150 minutes for ≥2 d/week for 6 months.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) changechange from baseline up to 12 months

The Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) holds five subscales including: Pain (9 items); other Symptoms (7 items); Activities of Daily Living (ADL, 17 items); Sport and Recreation function (Sport/Rec, 5 items); and knee-related Quality of Life (QoL, 4 items). Each subscale is scored separately from zero (extreme knee problems) to 100 (no knee problems)

systolic blood pressure changechange from baseline up to 12 months

systolic blood pressure /mmHg

Kellgren-Lawrence (K/L) grade changechange from baseline up to 12 months

Kellgren-Lawrence (K/L) grade

high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) changechange from baseline up to 12 months

serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) (mmol/L)

fast blood glucose(FBG) changechange from baseline up to 12 months

serum fast blood glucose(FBG) (mmol/L)

serum triglycerides (TG) changechange from baseline up to 12 months

serum triglycerides (TG) (mmol/L)

waist circumstance changechange from baseline up to 12 months

waist circumstance (cm)

the International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Evaluation Form (IKDC Score) changechange from baseline up to 12 months

The International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Evaluation Form (IKDC) score questionnaire contains 18 items (7 items for symptoms, 1 item for sport activity, 9 items for daily activities, and 1 item for current knee function.) The total score is transformed to a value on a scale of 0 to 100, with 100 representing the highest knee function and 0 is the worst.

diastolic blood pressure changechange from baseline up to 12 months

diastolic blood pressure/mmHg

serum total cholesterol (TC) changechange from baseline up to 12 months

serum total cholesterol (TC) (mmol/L)

low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) changechange from baseline up to 12 months

serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) (mmol/L)

Body mass index changechange from baseline up to 12 months

Body mass index(BMI) weight/height square (kg/㎡)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
activities of daily living score changechange from baseline up to 12 months

The minimum is 0 points, the maximum is 4 points, from extreme knee problems to no knee problems. After the score of each part is calculated separately, it is converted into a percentage score by the conversion formula

pain score changechange from baseline up to 12 months

The minimum is 0 points, the maximum is 4 points, from extreme knee problems to no knee problems. After the score of each part is calculated separately, it is converted into a percentage score by the conversion formula.

knee related quality of life score changechange from baseline up to 12 months

The minimum is 0 points, the maximum is 4 points, from extreme knee problems to no knee problems. After the score of each part is calculated separately, it is converted into a percentage score by the conversion formula

symptoms score changechange from baseline up to 12 months

The minimum is 0 points, the maximum is 4 points, from extreme knee problems to no knee problems. After the score of each part is calculated separately, it is converted into a percentage score by the conversion formula.

function in sport and recreation score changechange from baseline up to 12 months

The minimum is 0 points, the maximum is 4 points, from extreme knee problems to no knee problems. After the score of each part is calculated separately, it is converted into a percentage score by the conversion formula

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Shenzhen People's Hospital

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Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

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