The Influence of Wedge Insoles After Partial Meniscectomy

Partial Meniscectomy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Orthotic Devices in the Recovery After Partial Meniscectomy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02190188
• Other study ID #: 602010072014
• Secondary ID: 602011072014
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 12, 2014
• Last updated: March 21, 2018
• Start date: March 2014
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: March 2018
• Source: Medical University Innsbruck
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Research on the implications of orthotic devices and the recovery after knee arthroscopy are widely known. But only a handful of specific issues have been studied to date. However, the effect of orthotic devices on the recovery after partial meniscectomy are largely unknown. To our best knowledge, there are no studies that deal with the treatment of partial medial or lateral meniscectomy with wedge insoles, valgus or varus knee braces. The purpose of this study is to find out if using wedge inserts or knee orthoses improve the outcomes after partial meniscectomy.

We therefore verify the following hypothesis: In patients with partial meniscectomy can be by the postoperative use of exculpatory wedge deposits or relieving knee brace achieve a significantly better clinical outcome than without specific treatment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 63
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• full leg x-ray to measure the leg axis

• undersigned Informed Consent Form

Exclusion Criteria:

• at the same time conducted or within one year subsequent corrective osteotomies of the leg axis

• medial meniscectomy combination and valgus

• combination of lateral meniscectomy and varus

• psychiatric or neurological comorbidities that produce a poor compliance

• forth degree cartilage lesions or evident osteoarthritis

• concomitant lesion of the collateral ligaments

• insufficient knowledge of the study language

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Partial Meniscectomy

Intervention

Device:
• Wedge Insole 5mm

• Knee Brace

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Austria	Department of Orthopedic; Medical University of Innsbruck	Innsbruck	Tyrol

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Medical University Innsbruck

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Knee-specific questionnaires which combine an activity and a quality of life score.		Two years