Status:
COMPLETED
Prehab Intervention in Patients Awaiting Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
Lead Sponsor:
Balgrist University Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
Maastricht University
Conditions:
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The objectives of this study are to investigate the feasibility primarily and furthermore the effects of a four to eight-weeks program of a combined clinic- and home-based preoperative physical therap...
Detailed Description
The patients randomized into the intervention group are going to pass through a three-week therapy program. This program is based on MD's prescription and provides 9 sessions of physical therapy per p...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult male and female participants (≥18 years)
- Patients receiving a unilateral TKA
- Signed informed consent after being informed
Exclusion
- BMI \>35
- Patella alta (Caton Deschamps Index \>1.2)
- Muscle weakness due to neurological diagnosis
- Known or suspected non-compliance
- Known depression or other psychiatric disorders
- Acute pain exacerbations or inflammation
- Patellar instability
- Contradictions on ethical grounds
- Non-German speaking
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 29 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 30 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05314985
Start Date
April 29 2021
End Date
April 30 2023
Last Update
August 15 2023
Active Locations (1)
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University Hospital Balgrist
Zurich, Switzerland, 8008