Rehabilitation After Total Knee Arthroplasty - Rotating Platform Versus Fixed Bearing Polyethylene

University of Aarhus1 site in 1 country55 target enrollmentMarch 1, 2007

ConditionsOsteoarthritis

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Osteoarthritis
Sponsor: University of Aarhus
Enrollment: 55
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Radio Stereometric Analysis
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 3 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether patient rehabilitation is equal for patients operated with two different knee implant designs.

The patients are randomized to treatment with either a simple hinge design implant (fixed bearing) or an implant with a mobile bearing polyethylene. This design difference might in principle enable the patients in the latter group to rehabilitate towards a more normal gait pattern.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

March 1, 2007

End Date

December 31, 2014

Last Updated

3 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of Aarhus

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Patients at Silkeborg Regional Hospital, Orthopedic Dept. referred to total knee arthroplasty.

Exclusion Criteria

•Neurologic disease with impact on gait.
•Orthopaedic disease ipsilateral hip joint.
•Patients outside the age limits.
•No informed consent signed.
•Patients suffering from dementia.
•Patients primarily included, but who perioperatively has their posterior cruciate ligament injured or sacrificed.
•Patients who later develop deep venous thrombosis or infection in the operated knee.