Comparison of Ambulatory and Functional Improvement by Morning Walk

Ulsan University Hospital9 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to determine the clinical efficacy and feasability of gait rehabilitation robot through approving functional improvement by an end-effector typed gait robot in patients underwent total knee arthroplasty.

pre-interventional evaluation; within 1 day of initiation of the intervention; 5 days after initiation of the intervention; 10 days after intervention after initiation of the intervention; 42 days after intervention start

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee Robotics

Interventions

Morning walkDEVICE

a end-effector typed gait robot with a saddle

no Morning walkOTHER

ambulation voluntary or with a help of walker

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients underwent Unilateral or both Total Knee Arthroplasty Exclusion Criteria: * brain disease, spinal cord injury, peripheral neuropathy, myopathy * Inability to ambulate fully due to muscukoskeletal disorders * MMSE\<23 * history of arthroplasty surgery on either of legs * Cardiac pacemaker * Refusal of participation

Locations (1)

Ulsan University Hospital

Ulsan, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change of WOMAC index

Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index

Time frame: 1 day before the initiation of intervention), 5 day, 10 day, and 31 days after the initiation of intervention

Secondary Outcomes

Change of VAS

visual analogue scale

Time frame: 1 day before the initiation of intervention), 5 day, 10 day, and 31 days after the initiation of intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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