Low-Load Blood Flow Restriction Training With Patients Who Underwent a Total Knee Arthroplasty: a Feasibility Trial

HES-SO Valais-Wallis

Status: Completed

Conditions: Total Knee Arthroplasty

Treatments: Procedure: Low Load Strength Training under Blood Flow Restriction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05843773

2022-01102

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project aims to investigate the feasibility of a low load (LL) isokinetic knee flexor and extensor strength training (ST) protocol under blood flow restriction (BFR) conditions in early postoperative total knee arthroplasty patients.

The intervention consists in testing an experimental strengthening protocol in the Leukerbad Clinic. 12 participants will be recruited and the intervention will last approximatively 3 weeks and will consist in 3 weekly ST.

The collected data will then be analysed and interpreted to define if such an intervention is feasible or not.

Enrollment: 7 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary TKA surgery less than 12 days before inclusion
• Ability to participate fully in physiotherapy
• Ability to consent for study participation
• Age between 50 and 80 years old

Exclusion criteria

• Postoperative complication
• History of deep venous thrombosis
• History of vascular pathology
• History of metabolic condition
• Previous contralateral TKA
• Previous ipsilateral or contralateral total hip arthroplasty
• Any other lower extremity musculoskeletal chronic condition
• Any lower extremity injury within the last 6 months
• Pregnancy
• Sickle cell trait
• History of neurocognitive disorders
• Inability to follow the intervention protocol

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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7 participants in 1 patient group

Low Load Strength Training under Blood Flow Restriction

Experimental group

Description:

Low Load Strength Training under blood flow restriction

Treatment:

Procedure: Low Load Strength Training under Blood Flow Restriction