Does Supplementing of Quadriceps Strength With Exoskeleton After Total Knee Arthroplasty in High Risk Population Reduce Transfer to Extended Care Facility (ECF)

Stanford University

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Primary Knee Replacement Surgery

Treatments: Device: Robotic exoskeleton device

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03762603

45810

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study involves an exoskeleton which is believed to increase quadriceps muscle strength in the rehabilitation phase after TKA and reduce the discharge the such patients in Extended care facility (ECF) . The purpose of this study is to access efficacy of the robotic exoskeleton device wrapped around the operated knee on patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients undergoing unilateral primary knee replacement surgery
2. Patients who pre-operatively desire discharged to ECF
3. Patients willing and capable to sign the written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients undergoing bilateral primary knee replacement surgery
2. Patients undergoing revision knee replacement surgery
3. Patients who pre-operatively desire discharged to Home
4. Patients not willing and capable to sign the written informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

robotic exoskeleton device

Experimental group

Description:

Patients who are scheduled to be discharged to a ECF will be asked if they would want to use the exoskeleton device ( for which safety and comfort has been established) instead of going for ECF.

Treatment:

Device: Robotic exoskeleton device