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Filter by:Degenerative knee arthritis is the most common chronic arthritis disease. Once the elderly suffer from this disease, it will accelerate the loss of body function and autonomy. strength performances and maintain are the most important functional performances of lower extremities, especially in walking and balance in daily activities for elderly people with osteoarthritis(OA) of the knee. However, combining the exercise and visual feedback may promote the muscle strength and functional performances of lower limbs, facilitating the muscle strength, motor and boady functional performances for elderly adults after OA knee. Therefore, the purpose of this proposal is to investigate the changes in muscle strength and physical fitness of lower limbs in older adults following OA knee after visual feedback non-weight bearing exercise intervention.
Resistance training of knee extensor muscles is being used in physiotherapy management in knee osteoarthritis (OA) to improve pain and physical function. Blood flow restriction (BFR) has been suggested to improve pain and increase muscle strength in healthy subjects and certain diseases. Although there are clinical studies suggesting improvements in knee osteoarthritis symptoms after 4-12 weeks of exercise with BFR, the acute effects of the intervention have not been known. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of low load exercise therapy combined with BFR on acute pain reduction and within 24 hours post-intervention on people with knee OA compared to a placebo group. This study will take place in Athens, Greece, as part of the postgraduate MSc program of the Physiotherapy department of the University of West Attica.
Postoperative function and patient satisfaction are becoming increasingly relevant in patients after knee arthroplasty surgery. Despite adequate preoperative planning, improved surgical techniques and rehabilitation protocols, only 75%-85% of patients seems satisfied after TKA procedurs. Implant positioning and component alignment are determining factors in patient outcome. Currently, different alignment strategies in TKA surgery are used such as Mechanical Alignment (MA) and Kinematical Alignment (KA). Recently, a new and individualized alignment strategy (inverse Kinematic Alignment/iKA) was introduced. Preliminary 1-year results of iKA are promising, however, clinical and functional outcome on the medium and longterm should be investigated. This project aims to compare patients with iKA TKA with MA TKA on clinical, functional and biomechanical outcomes.
Ganymed Robotics develops a novel solution of surgical navigation to assist surgeons during knee remplacement surgeries. The aim of this study is to train and validate this novel algorithm.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a 6-week supervised high-intensity preoperative training program on muscle strength, functional performance and patient-reported outcomes in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Methods: Eighty-eight patients scheduled for unilateral TKA for severe osteoarthritis (OA) were randomly allocated to intervention group (N=44) completed a 6-week preoperative training program, 5 days per week prior to surgery and to control group (N=44) who lived as usual. Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), the Physical Functioning Scale of the Short Form-36 questionnaire (SF-36), Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), quadriceps strength, 20 meters walk test and 30 seconds chair stand test were assessed at 6 weeks before surgery (T0), after 6 weeks of preoperative training / preoperatively (T1), 4 weeks (T2) and finally 12 weeks (T3) after TKA.
In this pilot study, we will test the hypothesis that a POPOP for currently ineligible UAMS orthopedic surgery patients wanting hip or knee replacement improves markers of preoperative health, ability to reach a BMI threshold <40 kg/m2 required for surgical eligibility, and postoperative outcomes versus SOC.
A study to translate and cross-culturally adapt the Exercise Adherence Rating Scale (EARS) into the Arabic language, and assess its psychometric properties.
This is a randomized controlled trial examining and compare the effects of open and closed kinetic chain exercises on pain, function, and cartilage synthesis and degradation biomarkers after an eight-week rehabilitation program for knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients.
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability worldwide that affects millions of Americans each year. Posttraumatic OA (PTOA) significantly impacts patients after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and ACL reconstruction (ACLR) with approximately 50% of patients developing PTOA within 20 years of injury or surgery. Knee joint mechanical loading measured via physical activity (i.e. daily steps) is insufficient in individuals after ACLR compared to uninjured individuals. Establishing the beneficial effects of physical activity to promote optimal free-living knee joint mechanical loading and improve knee joint health will aid in the development of cost-effective interventions that prevent PTOA and health burden of the disease.
Perioperative joint infection (PJI) is a rare but serious postoperative complication from total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and it is known to cause significant morbidities to the patients suffering from it. Literatures have found evidence that there is correlation between patients' perioperative blood glucose level and their risks of developing PJI postoperatively. By monitoring patients' perioperative blood glucose level, clinicians may be able to better identify patients who are at risks of developing PJI. Continuous blood glucose level monitoring, where patients carry a blood glucose monitoring device, has been a novel intervention in various medical specialties for recording and monitoring patients' blood glucose levels. However, currently there has only limited studies using this intervention for perioperative blood glucose monitoring in patients who are receiving total knee arthroplasty. Intravenous dexamethasone is a widely used treatment for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty as it has been shown in previous studies that it can provide good analgesic effect and also reduce patients' nauesea symptoms preoperatively. However, hyperglycaemia is also a known side effects from dexamethasone. There still has not been ample amount of investigation on how significant this potential effect is and at what period of time perioperatively that this side effect occurs. This study is designed to investigate how intravenous dexamethasone can potentially affect the perioperative blood glucose levels in patients receiving total knee arthroplasty. And by using a continuous glucose monitoring machine we are also aiming to find out the variability of the perioperative blood glucose profiles of these patients in order to design a better glucose monitoring schedule.