Clinical Study to Assess the Effectiveness of the Device Patello

University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland

Status

Completed

Conditions

Passiv Continuous Patella Mobilisation

Treatments

Device: Patello

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03512652

SUPSI

Details and patient eligibility

About

The device "Patello" was designed to passively mobilize the Patella in cranial-caudal direction. Its application field lays in the rehabilitation of any knee pathology where knee range of motion may be restricted due to the Patella mobility.

Full description

The effectiveness of the device Patello has not been tested so far. This clinical study aims to assess and proof the effectiveness of this device. The aim is to objectify the movement of the Patella induced by the device Patello in cranial / caudal direction. As outcome parameter serve ultrasound measurements of a bony reference point of the femur and the Patella and its displacement / distance after mobilization.

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 30 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

no operation and / or actual problems (pain at rest or during strain) of the muscular or bony parts of the lower extremities
closed and intact skin conditions in the area of the knees and thighs
no fear of the intervention
willingness to participate on all 2 measurement days

Exclusion criteria

operation and / or actual problems (pain at rest or during strain) of the muscular or bony parts of the lower extremities
open skin conditions in the area of the knees and thighs
fear of the intervention
no willingness to participate on all 2 measurement days