Benefits of Observing Point-light Displays in Postoperative Rehabilitation of the Total Knee Prosthesis.

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03856983

Acronym

LOARAL

Enrollment

Registered

2019-02-27

Start date

2020-01-14

Completion date

2021-06-25

Last updated

2021-09-29

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Conditions

Knee Surgery, Point Light Display, Rehabilitation

Brief summary

The LOARAL project concerns patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty to treat symptomatic osteoarthritis. Patient will be divided into two groups: a control group where patients will do standard rehabilitation and an experimental group where patients will do standard rehabilitation associated with the judgement of point-light display. The aim of this study is to validate the use of point-light display for the Rehabilitation of patients with a totalarthroplasty of the knee.

Interventions

OTHERPoint light display

Experimental group who will do usual rehabilitation and visualization of point-light human actions

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Volunteers over 18 years of age who have undergone knee surgery

Exclusion criteria

* Any locomotor condition not due to knee surgery * Uncorrected visual disturbances * Comorbidity altering locomotion (history of stroke, neurological condition, inflammatory rheumatism)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Compare the evaluation of the point light display relative to conventional rehabilitation	Rehabilitation during 3 weeks	The time to realize the time up and go test will be assessed at inclusion and at the end of the program.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Compare the evaluation of the point light display on functional recovery	At the end of the program (3 weeks max)	Test score the time up and go and test score questionnary WOMAC (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, Bellamy et al., 1988).
Compare the evaluation of the point light display on the detection and action recognition	At the end of the program (3 weeks max)	Percentages of correct recognition of actions on the point light display
Compare the evaluation of the point light display on the feeling of self-efficacy personal	At the end of the program (3 weeks max)	Test score questionnary of self-efficacy personal (Dumont et al., 2000).

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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