Use of Continuous Passive Motion in the Post-Operative Treatment of Intra-articular Knee Fractures

N/ACompletedNCT00591929

Prisma Health-Upstate40 enrolled

Overview

Decreased range of motion is common after fractures around the knee and can impact a patient's ability to perform activities of daily living such as rising from a seated position or getting in and out of a bathtub. A continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is a machine that continuously moves a joint (such as the knee) without the patient having to use the muscles in his/her leg. A goal of this therapy is to maintain as much motion as possible following this injury. This study is a randomized, prospective study to evaluate the effectiveness of CPM in maintaining knee range of motion following open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of fractures around the knee

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Intra-articular Knee Fractures

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 85 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * If the patient has an intra-articular distal femur or proximal tibia fracture * Independent ambulatory prior to injury * No previous knee injury limiting motion Exclusion Criteria: * If the patients range of motion was decreased prior to injury (ex. Osteoarthritis, previous knee fracture or injury) * Any contraindication to CPM (concomitant hip or ankle fracture) * Open physis of tibia or distal femur * Pathological Fracture * Compartment Syndrome * Neurovascular injury * Fracture due to gunshot wound * Greater than 21 days from fracture to definitive open reduction and internal fixation * Fractures treated with definitive external fixation * Open fractures * Extensor mechanism injuries * Likely problems in the judgment of the investigator with maintaining follow-up

Use of Continuous Passive Motion in the Post-Operative Treatment of Intra-articular Knee Fractures

Overview

Conditions

Interventions

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Primary Outcomes