To study the difference between weight bearing immediately 1 day after surgery versus weight bearing 12 weeks after surgery with plate/screw fixation of lower part of knee fractures, which encroach into the knee joint.
Phase 1
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: S821- Fracture of upper end of tibia
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/12/030130
- Lead Sponsor
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research PGIMER Chandigarh
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Closed Intra-articular proximal tibia fractures in skeletally mature patients, requiring osteosynthesis.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Intra-articular fracture not requiring osteosynthesis,
2. Intra-articular eminence fracture,
3. Open fractures,
4. Associated other lower limb fracture,
5. Foot deformities,
6. Limb length discrepancy >2cm,
7. Pathological fracture,
8. Skeletally immature patient,
9 Neurological injury,
10. Vascular injury,
11. Late presentation after >3weeks,
12. Previous surgery of the knee,
13. Previous septic episode,
14. Post-traumatic deformity,
15. Inflammatory arthritis,
16. Pre-existing degenerative Osteoarthritis,
17. Neuromuscular disorder involving either of lower limb.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method