Evaluation of Proprioception

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli71 enrolled

Overview

The osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic and degenerative disease which brings articular cartilage degeneration. As a consequence, balance and proprioception could be dangerously reduced after total knee arthroplasty. Several studies demonstrated the correlation between OA, proprioception reduction and increased risk of falling. The aim of this study is to evaluate the proprioception improvement in patients with total knee arthroplasty.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Proprioceptive Disorders

Interventions

Reconditioning ProprioceptionOTHER

Proprioceptive training using Delos Postural Proprioceptive System

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 45 YearsMax age: 75 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria are patients with ASA: 1, 2 or 3; patients who have given their informed written consent to participate in the study; patients live in Bologna and neighboring areas. Exclusion Criteria are patients with previous osteotomy of the lower limbs; patients with post-traumatic arthrosis; patients with severe preoperative valgus deformity (Hip Knee Ankle angle\> 10 °); patients with BMI\> 40 kg / m2; patients with rheumatoid arthritis; patients with chronic inflammatory joint diseases; patients with walking diseases (amputations, neuro-muscular diseases, polio, hip dysplasias); patients with Severe arthrosis of the ankle (Kellgren-Lawrence\> 3); patients with Severe coxarthrosis (Kellgren-Lawrence\> 3); patients with severe postural instability; patients with cognitive impairments, patients with concomitant neurological diseases

Locations (1)

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Improvement of a proprioception

Stability Index (SI) in percentage the maximum is 100%

Time frame: 24 months

Secondary Outcomes

Evaluation of performance in lower limb questionnaire

Short Physical Performance Battery - SPPB The score range from 0 (wost performance) to 12 (best performance)

Time frame: 24 months

KSS Score

The score range from 0 to 100 with lower scores being indicative of worse knee conditions and higher scores being indicative of better knee conditions

Time frame: 24 months

Clinical score

Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index the WOMAC evaluates 3 dimensions: pain, stiffness, and physical function with 5, 2, and 17 questions, respectively. The Likert version of the WOMAC is rated on an ordinal scale of 0 to 4, with lower scores indicating lower levels of symptoms or physical disability.

Time frame: 24 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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