The Effect of Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training on Symptoms and Functions in Patients With Meniscus Tears
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 48
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Visual analog scale-pain
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of anti-gravity treadmill training on symptoms and functions in patients with meniscus tears.
详细描述
Meniscus tears are one of the most common sports-related injuries. Acute trauma-related tears are more common in active young individuals and athletes. Symptoms such as pain, effusion, tenderness at the joint line, locking, and knee dysfunction are observed after injury. It is aimed to provide painless movement, normal knee kinematics, and retaining of muscle strength in rehabilitation process. Anti-gravity treadmills use an inflatable space around the lower extremities and significantly reduce body weight during walking and running. Anti-gravity treadmill training protects the joint and surrounding soft tissues against the negative effects of loading during the post-injury recovery process, and allows the tissues to heal safely. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of anti-gravity treadmill training on symptoms and functions in patients with meniscus tears.
Patients will be randomly divided into three groups: Anti-Gravity Treadmill Group, Conventional Treadmill Group, and Control Group. All patients will be included physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week. While subjects in the Anti-Gravity Treadmill Group will participate to training anti-gravity treadmill walking, subjects in the Conventional Treadmill Group will participate walking program on a standard treadmill. Symptoms and functions will be assessed baseline and after 6-week program.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 40 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Age between 18-40 years old
- •Clinical history and symptoms consistent with MRI-confirmed meniscus tear
排除标准
- •History of previous knee surgery
- •Other knee ligament pathologies
- •Neurological disorders
结局指标
主要结局
Visual analog scale-pain
时间窗: Baseline, 6 weeks
Patients will be asked to mark the intensity of the pain they feel on a 10 cm line, where "0" means no pain and "10" means very severe pain.
Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score
时间窗: Baseline, 6 weeks
The Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) is used to assess symptoms and functional status in knee injuries and osteoarthritis and consists of five dimensions. Each dimension is scored separately and transformed to a scale from 0 to 100. Lower scores from the scale indicate worse pain, symptoms, function, and quality of life.
Dynamic stability
时间窗: Baseline, 6 weeks
The single leg dynamic stability will be assessed by using Biodex Balance System® (Biodex Medical Systems, Inc. USA). Low values of the stability index indicate better balance and stability.
Single leg-hop test
时间窗: Baseline, 6 weeks
In the single-leg hop test, the measurement of the landing distance from the starting line is recorded for evaluation.
次要结局
- Western Ontario Meniscal Evaluation Tool(Baseline, 6 weeks)
- Kinesiophobia(Baseline, 6 weeks)
研究者
Kübra Alpay
Lecturer of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department
Bezmialem Vakif University