Comparison of Ambulatory and Functional Improvement by Morning Walk

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; Robotics
• Interventions: Other: no Morning walk; Device: Morning walk

• Registration Number: NCT03183856
• Lead Sponsor: Ulsan University Hospital

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the clinical efficacy and feasability of gait rehabilitation robot through approving functional improvement by an end-effector typed gait robot in patients underwent total knee arthroplasty.

Detailed Description

pre-interventional evaluation; within 1 day of initiation of the intervention; 5 days after initiation of the intervention; 10 days after intervention after initiation of the intervention; 42 days after intervention start

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-06-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-06-08
• Study First Posted: 2017-06-12
• Study Start: 2017-09-15
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Primary Completion: 2018-05-25
• Study Completion: 2018-05-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-27
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 9

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients underwent Unilateral or both Total Knee Arthroplasty

Exclusion Criteria

• brain disease, spinal cord injury, peripheral neuropathy, myopathy
• Inability to ambulate fully due to muscukoskeletal disorders
• MMSE<23
• history of arthroplasty surgery on either of legs
• Cardiac pacemaker
• Refusal of participation

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
No Morning walk	no Morning walk	200 steps by themselves or with a help of a walker on a even floor at a comfortable pace with 5 minute break, three times a day for 10 weekdays
Morning walk	Morning walk	200 steps of gait rehabilitation using an end-effector typed gait robot with 5 minute break, 3 times a day for 10 weekdays: the end-effector type gait robot (Morning Walk®, Hyundai Heavy Industry, Republic of Korea)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of WOMAC index	1 day before the initiation of intervention), 5 day, 10 day, and 31 days after the initiation of intervention	Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of VAS	1 day before the initiation of intervention), 5 day, 10 day, and 31 days after the initiation of intervention	visual analogue scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ulsan University Hospital; 🇰🇷 Ulsan, Korea, Republic of