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To test using a randomised control trial, whether conservative rehabilitation and protected weight bearing versus early weight bearing and accelerated rehabilitation affects patient outcomes post microfracture surgery of the knee.


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To test using a randomised control trial, whether conservative rehabilitation and protected weight bearing versus early weight bearing and accelerated rehabilitation affects patient outcomes post microfracture surgery of the knee.

Current practice in most units is to protect patients from weight bearing prior to entering a conservative physiotherapy rehabilitation program following microfracture surgery of the knee. At our unit we believe that protecting patients from weight bearing post microfracture surgery makes no difference to their outcome and only leads to a longer rehabilitation time and a delayed return to work and sports. Therefore we want to randomise patients who require microfracture surgery of the knee for cartilage defects into 2 post operative rehabilitation groups. One group will be able to weight bear early and will undergo an accelerated rehabilitation program whilst the other will be protected from weight bearing and will undergo a more conservative rehabilitation program. We will then follow patients up over a year and compare outcome data collected at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year post operatively to see if there was any difference in outcomes between the 2 groups. As secondary outcomes we will also compare the patients in the two groups to see if there is a difference in time taken to return to work and sporting activities ;


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NCT number NCT02542566
Study type Interventional
Source Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District NHS Trust
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Status Terminated
Phase N/A
Start date January 21, 2015
Completion date July 1, 2016

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