Postoperative Rehabilitation After Knee Arthroplasty: Anti-Gravity Treadmill

Orton Orthopaedic Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rehabilitation

Treatments: Other: Rehabilitation with or without Anti-Gravity Treadmill

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03904030

OrtonOH

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to clarify the effectiveness and the usefulness of the anti-gravity treadmill in postoperative rehabilitation after knee arthroplasty. The investigators will compare anti-gravity treadmill rehabilitation and the traditional postoperative rehabilitation with instructions.

The investigators will assume that anti-gravity treadmill exercise after hospitalization will lead to the faster rehabilitation, better walking quality and balance management compared to traditional rehabilitation methods with instructions, where patient themselves do the exercises at home. Additionally, the investigators will assume that quality of life and physical activity will be more increased in the anti-gravity group than in the traditional rehabilitation.

Full description

The aim of this study is to clarify the effectiveness and the usefulness of the anti-gravity treadmill in postoperative rehabilitation after knee arthroplasty. This issue is especially relevant because the number of knee arthroplasty patients is increasing. The rehabilitation of knee arthroplasty patients has also appeared to be more challenging than in the case of hip arthroplasty.

The investigators will compare anti-gravity treadmill rehabilitation and the traditional postoperative rehabilitation with instructions. The investigators will recruit the patients either in the anti-gravity group (n=27) or in the traditional rehabilitation (n=27) (randomized study design).

The investigators will assume that anti-gravity treadmill exercise after hospitalization will lead to the faster rehabilitation, better walking quality and balance management compared to the traditional rehabilitation.

Enrollment: 62 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• primary knee arthroplasty patients with grade III-V changes

Exclusion criteria

• earlier osteotomy to the operated knee
• rheumatoid arthritis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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62 participants in 2 patient groups

Anti-Gravity Treadmill rehabilitation

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in the intervention group are participating to the Alter G exercises (n=27). The groups are randomized, so after patients have signed consent, an envelop will be opened and there can be seen in which groups patients will participate.

Treatment:

Other: Rehabilitation with or without Anti-Gravity Treadmill

Traditional rehabilitation

Active Comparator group

Description:

Traditional exercises with instructions are given to the patients (n=27) (as a control group).

Treatment:

Other: Rehabilitation with or without Anti-Gravity Treadmill