M17
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: control group with standard postoperative treatment, standard treatment is standardized by the clinic, on the first and the second postoperative day, the physiotherapeutic treatment mainly ta
Sponsors
Brandenburgische Technische Universität C-S
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
22 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For Group A, subjects aged between 22 and 27 years will be recruited at a university. Groups B .. X will be recruited at an orthopaedics department and will comprise subjects aged between 50 and 80 years who present at the department prior to a TKA operation that they are due to undergo.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: For Group A, subjects may not have any restrictions in the function of their lower limbs. Subjects who report a medical history of injuries that might compromise symmetry will be excluded. These include fractures and cruciate ligament ruptures, but also other kinds of immobilisation in the past 24 months, such as after supination trauma or acute pain in the past three months. They may not have any diseases that are associated with neurological symptom complexes, balance disorders or muscular dystrophies. For Group B-X, subjects who cannot walk independently prior to surgery or who have serious neurological diseases or diseases of the vestibular system will be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| preoperative, 9 days postoperativ and 6 weeks postoperative: 10-m walk test, time up and go, three times sit to stand, isometric maximal force with a handheld dynamometer, stair climbing test, manual leg circumference measurement; 5 days postoperativ: 10-m walk test, time up and go, three times sit to stand, isometric maximal force, manual leg circumference measurement; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| preoperative and 6 weeks postoperative: "knee society score", "Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index" | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactHagen Hommel
Krankenhaus Markisch-Oderland GmbH
Outcome results
None listed