Use of Continuous Passive Motion in the Post-Operative Treatment of Intra-articular Knee Fractures

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Intra-articular Knee Fractures
• Interventions: Other: Continuous Passive Motion

• Registration Number: NCT00591929
• Lead Sponsor: Prisma Health-Upstate

Brief Summary

Decreased range of motion is common after fractures around the knee and can impact a patient's ability to perform activities of daily living such as rising from a seated position or getting in and out of a bathtub. A continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is a machine that continuously moves a joint (such as the knee) without the patient having to use the muscles in his/her leg. A goal of this therapy is to maintain as much motion as possible following this injury. This study is a randomized, prospective study to evaluate the effectiveness of CPM in maintaining knee range of motion following open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of fractures around the knee

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-12
• Study First Submitted: 2007-12-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-12-28
• Study First Posted: 2008-01-11
• Primary Completion: 2012-03
• Status Verified: 2013-03
• Study Completion: 2013-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-03-11
• Last Update Posted: 2013-03-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• If the patient has an intra-articular distal femur or proximal tibia fracture
• Independent ambulatory prior to injury
• No previous knee injury limiting motion

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Exclusion Criteria

• If the patients range of motion was decreased prior to injury (ex. Osteoarthritis, previous knee fracture or injury)
• Any contraindication to CPM (concomitant hip or ankle fracture)
• Open physis of tibia or distal femur
• Pathological Fracture
• Compartment Syndrome
• Neurovascular injury
• Fracture due to gunshot wound
• Greater than 21 days from fracture to definitive open reduction and internal fixation
• Fractures treated with definitive external fixation
• Open fractures
• Extensor mechanism injuries
• Likely problems in the judgment of the investigator with maintaining follow-up

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
2	Continuous Passive Motion	Continuous Passive Motion following ORIF of fractures around the knee

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knee Range of Motion	48 hours, 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Greenville Hospital System Univeristy Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Greenville, South Carolina, United States