Effectiveness of Dual Task Training in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Knee Arthroplasty; Rehabilitation

Treatments: Other: Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06009380

TDA Dual Task

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was planned to investigate the effectiveness of usual care and dual task program in patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty surgery. It is aimed to evaluate pain intensity, disability level, mini mental status, coordination, reaction time and functional status of the patients. The study will be conducted with volunteer patients who are followed up by the Orthopedics and Traumatology outpatient clinic of Bursa Cekirge State Hospital and who have undergone total knee arthroplasty surgery. It is aimed to evaluate at least 26 patients for the study. The first evaluation will be performed 6 weeks post-operatively and the second evaluation will be performed 2 months after the treatment.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having undergone unilateral total knee arthroplasty surgery and being 6 weeks postoperative
• Participate in all necessary follow-up assessments
• 60 years of age or older
• Understand simple commands
• Signing the consent form

Exclusion criteria

• A previous history of total knee arthroplasty
• Presence of revision surgery
• Presence of severe osteoarthritis in the contralateral knee
• Severe acute metabolic neuromuscular and cardiovascular diseases
• Extreme obesity (bmi>35)
• Presence of malignancy
• Have any other orthopedic or neurological problem that may affect treatment and assessments
• Situations that prevent communication
• Lack of cooperation during the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

In addition to the program given to the control group, the dual task program will be given to the study group progressively as previously stated (Silsupadol et al., 2006). These applications will be explained to the patients or their relatives face-to-face in the clinical environment after the initial evaluation and then sent and followed up by telerehabilitation method and patients will always have access to programs and education. In addition, both groups will be told that they can contact the researcher upon request.

Treatment:

Other: Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group will receive the usual post-operative care of stretching lower extremity strengthening balance exercises activities of daily living recommendations.

Treatment:

Other: Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation