Gait Analysis Meniscal Repair

Michael Liebensteiner

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Lesion of the Medial Meniscus

Treatments: Procedure: medial meniscal surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02474004

GAIT-Men1

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the past it was shown, that medial partial meniscectomy (MPM) leads to an increase of the knee adduction moment (KAM) during walking. Other researches found out that an increase of the KAM is an important factor contributing to degeneration joint disease of the knee (osteoarthritis). Today, medial menicus repair (MMR) is favoured by many knee surgeons, because preserving as much of the meniscus as possible is assumed to delay degenerative joint disease.

The investigators hypothesize significant differences in knee adduction moments between patients treated with partial medial meniscectomy vs. patients treated with medial meniscus repair (hypothesis 1; major hypothesis). Additionally, it is hypothesized that: the mentioned groups differ with respect to other kinetic and kinematic key parameters of gait (hypothesis 2) and that the knee adduction moment correlates with the clinical outcome as determined by a typical knee score (hypothesis 3).

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: patients with traumatic medial meniscus lesions scheduled for meniscal repair or resection

Exclusion Criteria:

• previous or current diseases of the back and the other joints of the lower limbs
• any form of inflammatory arthritis
• diabetes
• neurological disorders
• other conditions that may affect gait

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

medial meniscus repair

Experimental group

Description:

patients receiving medial meniscus repair

Treatment:

Procedure: medial meniscal surgery

medial partial meniscectomy

Active Comparator group

Description:

patients having medial partial meniscectomy

Treatment:

Procedure: medial meniscal surgery