The Influence of Wedge Insoles After Partial Meniscectomy

Medical University Innsbruck

Status: Completed

Conditions: Partial Meniscectomy

Treatments: Device: Wedge Insole 5mm; Device: Knee Brace

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02190188

602011072014 (Other Identifier)

602010072014

Details and patient eligibility

About

Research on the implications of orthotic devices and the recovery after knee arthroscopy are widely known. But only a handful of specific issues have been studied to date. However, the effect of orthotic devices on the recovery after partial meniscectomy are largely unknown. To our best knowledge, there are no studies that deal with the treatment of partial medial or lateral meniscectomy with wedge insoles, valgus or varus knee braces. The purpose of this study is to find out if using wedge inserts or knee orthoses improve the outcomes after partial meniscectomy.

We therefore verify the following hypothesis: In patients with partial meniscectomy can be by the postoperative use of exculpatory wedge deposits or relieving knee brace achieve a significantly better clinical outcome than without specific treatment.

Enrollment: 63 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• full leg x-ray to measure the leg axis
• undersigned Informed Consent Form

Exclusion criteria

• at the same time conducted or within one year subsequent corrective osteotomies of the leg axis
• medial meniscectomy combination and valgus
• combination of lateral meniscectomy and varus
• psychiatric or neurological comorbidities that produce a poor compliance
• forth degree cartilage lesions or evident osteoarthritis
• concomitant lesion of the collateral ligaments
• insufficient knowledge of the study language

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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63 participants in 3 patient groups

No specific treatment

No Intervention group

Description:

No specific treatment after partial meniscectomy

Wedge Insole with 5mm wedge angel

Other group

Description:

Participants wear a wedge insole after partial meniscectomy

Treatment:

Device: Wedge Insole 5mm

Knee Brace

Other group

Description:

Participants wear a knee brace after partial meniscectomy

Treatment:

Device: Knee Brace