Restricted vs. Free Knee Range Of Motion For Primary Traumatic Patellar Dislocation

Tampere University Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Patellar Dislocation

Treatments: Procedure: Locked knee brace

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01344915

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Knee immobilization in near extension has been proposed as a nonoperative treatment for primary traumatic patellar dislocation, although there exist no prospective studies regarding the method of immobilization. The objective of this prospective randomized study was to compare the clinical outcome after nonoperative treatment with restricted vs. free range of motion (ROM) for primary traumatic patellar dislocation.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• A primary (first-time) patellar dislocation verified by clinical examination
• Signs of patellar dislocation in MRI

Exclusion criteria

• anyone with previous patellar instability
• osteochondral fracture requiring surgery
• associated knee injuries

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Knee brace

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Locked knee brace

Procedure: Locked knee brace

Locked knee brace

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Locked knee brace

Procedure: Locked knee brace