Effective Rehabilitation of Patients Operated With Total Knee Arthroplasty

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Other: Maximal strength training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01877733

2012/1678

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of maximal strength training (MST) compared to standard rehabilitation in patients operated with total knee arthroplasty. Previous studies report reduced physical function and muscle strength despite successful surgery inserting an artificial implant.

Furthermore, great loss of muscle strength has been found in these patients in the early postoperative phase.

The study is a randomized controlled trial. The investigators hypothesize that MST will increase muscle strength and physical function more than standard rehabilitation.

Enrollment: 41 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• unilateral osteoarthritis,
• < 75 years

Exclusion criteria

• disease(s) that compromise testing/training,
• unable to understand written and verbal instructions and information,
• osteoarthritis in the contralateral leg that needs treatment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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41 participants in 2 patient groups

Maximal strenght training

Experimental group

Description:

Training maximal strength training 3 times a week/1 physiotherapy session for 8 weeks

Treatment:

Other: Maximal strength training

Standard rehabilitation

No Intervention group

Description:

2-3 physiotherapy sessions a week for 8 weeks/telephone contact by project leader once a week/writing training diary