In the past it was shown, that medial partial meniscectomy (MPM) leads to an increase of the knee adduction moment (KAM) during walking. Other researches found out that an increase of the KAM is an important factor contributing to degeneration joint disease of the knee (osteoarthritis). Today, medial menicus repair (MMR) is favoured by many knee surgeons, because preserving as much of the meniscus as possible is assumed to delay degenerative joint disease. The investigators hypothesize significant differences in knee adduction moments between patients treated with partial medial meniscectomy vs. patients treated with medial meniscus repair (hypothesis 1; major hypothesis). Additionally, it is hypothesized that: the mentioned groups differ with respect to other kinetic and kinematic key parameters of gait (hypothesis 2) and that the knee adduction moment correlates with the clinical outcome as determined by a typical knee score (hypothesis 3).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
one group/arm has meniscal repair as part of clinical routine one group/arm has meniscal partial resection as part of clinical routine both groups have gait analysis \& knee scores 6 mo after the procedures
Innsbruck Medical University, Dept. Orthop. Surgery
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
RECRUITINGSportsclinic Austria
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
RECRUITINGknee adduction moment [Nm/kg]
a parameter of gait analysis
Time frame: once after 6 months
set of kinetic, kinematic and temporospatial gait parameters
other gait parameters
Time frame: once after 6 months
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