Action Observation in Knee Replacement

Self-administered Action Observation Treatment Enhance the Efficacy of Inpatient Rehabilitation After Total Knee Replacement: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02707419

Enrollment

Registered

2016-03-14

Start date

2014-04-30

Completion date

2014-10-31

Last updated

2016-03-14

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Conditions

Total Knee Replacement

Keywords

Total knee replacement, Action observation treatment, Rehabilitation

Brief summary

Postoperative rehabilitation is required for a successful outcome following total knee arthroplasty. Traditionally rehabilitative programs aim to increase range of motion, to strengthen quadriceps, to restore normal gait, and to recover independence in activities of daily living. In the last decade action observation treatment, in addition to conventional physiotherapy has been proposed as a treatment method in rehabilitative medicine. There is growing evidence of the applicability of action observation training in rehabilitative medicine, indeed it has been applied in the rehabilitation of stroke of Parkinson disease of cerebral palsy and of aphasia. Nevertheless those are small studies and one of them included a mixed population of hip and knee arthroplasty.

Interventions

DEVICEExperimental group

Video of the exercises

DEVICEControl group

video of nature scenes

DEVICEConventional physiotherapy

Mobilization, exercises and transfer practice.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Primary total knee replacement.

Exclusion criteria

* bilateral knee replacement * previous total knee replacement. * pre-existing motor impairment (i.e. hemiparesis, poliomyelitis, lumbar sciatica);

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change of Range Of Motion	Baseline and immediately post-intervention	Active and passive range of motion of knee
Change of Pain intensity	Baseline and immediately post-intervention	Visual Analogue Scale

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Barthel index	Baseline and immediately post-intervention	Barthel index
Short Form-36 motor	Baseline and immediately post-intervention	—
Tinetti scale	Baseline and immediately post-intervention	—
Lequesne index	Baseline and immediately post-intervention	—

Countries

Italy

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026