Effect of Mulligan´s MWM-Technique to improve knee flexion in total knee replacement patients in the rehabilitation phase -A randomized controlled trial

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• Conditions: Total knee replacement; Presence of orthopaedic joint implants; Z96.6

• Registration Number: DRKS00006180
• Lead Sponsor: niversität des SaarlandesSchule für Physiotherapie

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2015-09-30
• Study Start: 2016-03-09
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 32

Inclusion Criteria

First time TKA
- Prothesis-Type: semi-/unconstrained
- 10.-60. postoperative day (intervention period)
- outpatient rehabilitation (multimodal-rehabilitation-concept)
- Age: 40-85
- sufficient knowledge of German

Exclusion Criteria

- Replacement of the prosthesis
- Type of prosthesis: fully-constrained
- Patients with nerve damage in the lower limb
- Before the 10th postoperative day or after the 60th postoperative day (intervention period)
- Monomodal therapy Regulation
- Patients with thrombosis (DVT) or embolism
- Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CPRS)
- Patients with ipsilateral arthritis of the hip / foot or highly painful hip / foot
- Ossifications in muscles
- Strong Arthrofibrosis
- Violent unexplained pain

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knieflexion, measured by standard goniometer at the beginning and at the end of the outpatient rehabilitation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
- Pain (messured with VAS) <br>- Funktion (messured with KOOS-Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score -German version LK1.01) <br>- Knieextension (messured with standard goniometer).<br><br>Messured at the beginning and at the end of the outpatient rehabilitation