Hydrotherapy Versus Physiotherapy for Short-term Rehabilitation After Primary TKR

Hadassah Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis; Total Knee Replacement

Treatments: Other: Hydrotherapy; Other: Physiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00878358

Hydrotherapy-HMO-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Primary objective:

To compare the effects of short term therapy post total knee replacement (TKR) between a hydrotherapy treatment group and a physiotherapy treatment group.

Secondary objectives:

To compare the effects of short term therapy post total knee replacement (TKR) between a hydrotherapy treatment group and a physiotherapy treatment group based on measurements of timed up and go (TUG, as primary outcome), range of motion, pain and quality of life.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Candidates for first total knee replacement surgery.

  • Age over 18.
  • Diagnosed with Osteoarthritis.
  • Consent to participate in the trial.

Exclusion criteria

• • Rheumatic diseases.
• Neurological diseases involving lower limbs.
• Prior knee surgery in operated knee.
• Secreting surgical wound.
• Skin diseases.
• Incontinence.
• Incapable of signing informed consent.
• Patients living outside Jerusalem

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Physiotherapy

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Physiotherapy

Hydrotherapy

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Hydrotherapy