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Evaluation of Walking Analysis After a Total Knee Arthroplasty With Kinematic Alignment Versus Mechanical Alignment

Evaluation of Walking Analysis After a Total Knee Arthroplasty With Kinematic Alignment Versus Mechanical Alignment

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04226339
Acronym
KneeKG Sphere
Enrollment
104
Registered
2020-01-13
Start date
2020-09-07
Completion date
2029-03-07
Last updated
2022-08-23

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Knee Arthroplasty, Total

Keywords

total knee arthroplasty, prosthesis, kinetic alignment, mechanical alignment

Brief summary

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a treatment for advanced femoro-tibial osteoarthritis. This surgery is justified in case of significant discomfort and failure of medical treatment. The functional results of TKA are good with a recovery of 6 months - 1 year. Nevertheless, very few patients forget their prostheses. A United Kingdom study assessed patient satisfaction in a cohort of 10,000 patients more than one year after TKA: nearly 20% were not satisfied with their TKA. The knee is indeed a complex articulation that works differently in the three space plans. Current knee prostheses are trying to replicate this biomechanics and get as close as possible to the anatomy of a native knee. Bellemans et al. found in 250 asymptomatic patients 32% of men with a constitutional varus greater than 3 ° and 17% of women. Restoration of normal knee function can also be achieved by restoring a moderate constitutional deformity present preoperatively. The objective of the femorotibial alignment was dogmatically fixed at 180° (mechanical femorotibial alignment). In recent years, some surgical teams have attempted to reproduce the preoperative constitutional deformity in varus or valgus with the prosthesis. This femorotibial alignment is called kinematic alignment. This kinematic alignment has already been studied in several randomized studies and has demonstrated improved functional scores. However, these studies focused on specific TKA, which are posterior cruciate TKA, and the assessment was subjective through functional scores. In addition, these TKA were often made with patient specific instrumentation (PSI). Some studies have evaluated walking kinematics after TKA with kinematic alignment. But it was again TKA retaining the posterior cruciate ligament. The investigators would like to prospectively evaluate the restoration of the medially stabilized TKA walking kinematics (medial-stable TKA or ball in socket stability) implanted with a kinematic alignment compared to a mechanical alignment.

Interventions

PROCEDUREtotal knee arthroplasty with a kinetic alignment

During surgery, a SPHERE prosthesis will replace the knee and the femorotibial alignment. it will be set to reproduce the preoperative constitutional deformity in varus or valgus as it was measured before surgery

PROCEDUREtotal knee arthroplasty with a mechanical alignment

During surgery, a SPHERE prosthesis will replace the knee and the femorotibial alignment. It will be set to 180° as defined for a mechanical femorotibial alignment

Sponsors

Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
55 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Both sex * Adults between 55 and 80 years * Diagnosis of internal or global disabling femorotibial gonarthrosis Indication of total first knee arthroplasty (unilateral), using a Sphere type prosthesis (Medacta) * Constitutional deformity in varus between 3 ° and 10 ° * Fulfilling the pass conditions of a KneeKG walking test: Unipodal support possible for 1 minute, run for 5 min at a speed of at least 0.8 km / h * Affiliated to a social security system * Patients able to understand and fulfill the requirement of the study

Exclusion criteria

* TKA bilateral * TKA to change an Uni-compartmental prosthesis * History of femoral or tibial fracture * History of femoral or tibial osteotomy * Associated gesture at the same time (allograft, osteotomy) * External femorotibial gonarthrosis * Angle Hip Knee Ankle \> 178 ° * Constitutional distortion\> 10 ° * Refusal to participate in the study * Persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, persons under psychiatric care, persons admitted to a health or social institution for purposes other than research * Adults subject to a legal protection measure * breastfeeding or pregnant women * Patient already participating to another clinical trial that might jeopardize the current trial

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change of short terms walking speed.12 monthsComparison between the 2 arms, of the walking speed variation between the evaluation before surgery and 1 year after total knee arthroplasty

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
sagittal femorotibial angle12 monthsComparison between the 2 groups of the sagittal femorotibial angle measured by the KneeKG system, 12 months after total knee arthroplasty
tibia rotation compared to the femur12 monthsComparison between the 2 groups of the tibia rotation angle compared to femur measured by the KneeKG system, 12 months after total knee arthroplasty
maximal knee flexion12 monthsComparison between the 2 groups of the maximal knee flexion measured by the KneeKG system, 12 months after total knee arthroplasty
maximal knee extension12 monthsComparison between the 2 groups of the maximal knee extension measured by the KneeKG system, 12 months after total knee arthroplasty
femorotibial angle in frontal plan12 monthsComparison between the 2 groups of the frontal femorotibial angle measured by the KneeKG system, 12 months after total knee arthroplasty
knee functional recovery12 monthsComparison between the 2 groups of the knee functional recovery measured by the International Knee Society (IKS) score 12 months after total knee arthroplasty. International Knee Society score : range 0 to 200, a higher score means a better outcome
Ability of the patient to forget his prosthesis12 monthsComparison between the 2 groups of the patient ability to forget his knee prosthesis measured by the Forgotten Joint score (FJS) 12 months after total knee arthroplasty. Forgotten Joint Score : range 0 to 100, a higher score means a better outcome
Complications12 monthsComparison between the 2 groups of the proportion of patient with at least one complication including deep infections, prosthesis impairment, knee fracture, surgical revision) during the 12 months after total knee arthroplasty
knee range motion12 monthsComparison between the 2 groups of the knee range motion measured by the KneeKG system, 12 months after total knee arthroplasty

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactSebastien Lustig, Pr
sebastien.lustig@chu-lyon.fr4 26 10 92 98
Backup ContactJulien Berthiller
julien.berthiller@chu-lyon.fr4 72 11 80 67

Outcome results

None listed

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