The LOARAL project concerns patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty to treat symptomatic osteoarthritis. Patient will be divided into two groups: a control group where patients will do standard rehabilitation and an experimental group where patients will do standard rehabilitation associated with the judgement of point-light display. The aim of this study is to validate the use of point-light display for the Rehabilitation of patients with a totalarthroplasty of the knee.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
36
Experimental group who will do usual rehabilitation and visualization of point-light human actions
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
Poitiers, France
Compare the evaluation of the point light display relative to conventional rehabilitation
The time to realize the time up and go test will be assessed at inclusion and at the end of the program.
Time frame: Rehabilitation during 3 weeks
Compare the evaluation of the point light display on functional recovery
Test score the time up and go and test score questionnary WOMAC (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, Bellamy et al., 1988).
Time frame: At the end of the program (3 weeks max)
Compare the evaluation of the point light display on the detection and action recognition
Percentages of correct recognition of actions on the point light display
Time frame: At the end of the program (3 weeks max)
Compare the evaluation of the point light display on the feeling of self-efficacy personal
Test score questionnary of self-efficacy personal (Dumont et al., 2000).
Time frame: At the end of the program (3 weeks max)
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