Effect of Preoperative Exercise in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty

Balgrist University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Total Knee Arthroplasty

Treatments: Other: preoperative exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03160534

2015-0472

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the effect of preoperative exercise in patients undergoing a total knee arthroplasty.

Full description

The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of a single (9 sessions) prescription community based preoperative physical therapy in patients awaiting a Total Knee Arthroplasty, taking prognostic factors into account.

The investigators will use different outcome measures to evaluate any possible effects.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing a Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Signed informed consent after being informed

Exclusion criteria

• Acute pain
• Weakness due to neurological problems
• Known or suspected non-compliance
• High BMI > 28
• Patellar residual subluxation
• High patellar height

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Preoperative exercise intervention

Treatment:

Other: preoperative exercise

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Only measurements