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Filter by:Background Cycling is a very popular activity and has various health benefits. Knee pain is very common among recreational cyclists and often limits cyclists to perform their sport. Physiotherapy care including a bike fit is often a recommended treatment for cyclists with knee pain. Objective The aim of this proposal is to prospectively describe physiotherapy care (bike fit, education and exercises) and evaluate change in knee-related pain and disability among recreational cyclists with knee pain. Methods In this prospective observational study, 70 recreational cyclists consulting for knee pain at Physiovélo will be recruited. Physiovélo is a physiotherapy clinic specialized in bike fitting and in the assessment of cyclists with musculoskeletal disorders. Main findings from the bike fit assessment as well as interventions provided in terms of bike fit adjustment, education, advice and exercises will be collected. Various outcomes related to cycling such as cycling distance per week will also be collected. The primary outcome will knee pain during cycling measured with the numerical pain rating scale (NPRS, 0-10). Secondary outcomes will include disability measured with the Knee Outcome Survey of the Activities of Daily Living Scale (KOS-ADLS) and with a modified version of the Knee Outcome Survey Sports Activities Scale (KOS-SAS) for cyclist. Satisfaction with care will be measured with the visit-specific satisfaction questionnaire (VSQ-9). Adverse events related to the interventions will be collected. Outcomes will be collected on initial assessment and at 4 and 12 weeks after the consultation. Intention-to-treat analyses will be performed.
The goal of this observational study is to gain insight in the natural course of pro-inflammatory factors and hemarthrosis in patients older than 18 with a recent knee trauma. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: - What is the natural course of pro-inflammatory factors and hemarthrosis in knee trauma? - What are the effects of inflammation and hemarthrosis on the anti-inflammatory potential of ASC's in order to better determine eligible patients and circumstances for ASC's therapy? Participants will: - undergo blood withdrawal - undergo knee arthrocentesis for synovial fluid sample collection - physical examination - fill out a questionnaire on knee complaints
To monitor residual risks in the post-market phase and to ensure continued clinical evaluation of the device safety and performance to ensure that no new or unexpected risks arise when used during multi-ligament knee reconstructions.
To evaluate the effectiveness of the goal development intervention in guiding individual patients through the identification of high quality, specific, measurable, relevant and time-bound goal for treatment.
Comparative evaluation of functional results and survival rate of peroneus longus tendon - PLT and hamstring tendon - HT used for reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament.
Selective blockade of the saphenous nerve branches is among the regional anesthesia techniques in knee surgery. In this block, analgesia is provided without motor block and is an essential advantage in terms of early mobilization in the postoperative period. Blockage of motor branches causes a delay in mobilization and increases the risk of falling. The vastus medialis and its medical femoral cutaneous branch are rich in the femoral triangle. Effective postoperative analgesia is provided by a femoral triangle (triangle) blockade. The intermediate femoral cutaneous nerve courses over the sartorius muscle. Anatomically, the femoral triangle follows a separate path. When the femoral triangle and the blockade of the intermediate femoral cutaneous nerve are combined, it is called PSKB block. Parasartorial compartment block (PSKB); is based on the blockade of the branches of the saphenous nerve, the two largest sensory nerves from the femoral nerve to the knee, and is predicted to provide effective postoperative analgesia in knee arthroplasty.
The present project on sport rehabilitation aims at validating a rehabilitation protocol in immersive virtual reality (IVR) for restoring motor functions following peripheral injuries of the lower limbs. Sport injuries are related to direct and indirect costs and, in many cases, cause an interruption of motor activity for prolonged periods. Sport physiotherapy aims at recovering the motor functionality in order to guarantee the fastest possible return to sport. It employs plasticity and compensatory mechanisms within the injured motor system. However, being primarily based on the execution of movements that can be largely compromised, the treatment might be intrinsically complicated. It has been suggested that the motor system can be activated by observing one's own body perform the movements, without any actual movement execution. By using multisensory integration and sense of presence in IVR, it is possible to create an illusory experience that a moving virtual body (avatar) temporarily becomes one's own moving body. Moreover, this experience activates the motor system similarly to the activation from one's own actual movements. Based on these considerations, the present study hypothesizes that observation of one's own virtual body, without any movement execution, might activate the motor system to the extent of significantly improving functional recovery. The randomized clinical trial will recruit participants that underwent knee surgery and are in the first phase of the rehabilitation period (starting within two weeks after the surgery). Together with the traditional training protocol (4-6 weeks) participants will be administered a training in IVR that will include a virtual avatar performing a series of standard lower limb rehabilitation exercises. Participants will be randomly assigned to the experimental group (avatar observed from the first-person perspective, i.e., perceived as one's own body), the active control group (avatar observed from the third-person perspective, i.e., perceived as another person's body) and the group with no intervention. Before, at midpoint and after intervention, a standard battery of tests will be administered to evaluate the state of the motor system), as well as measures of embodiment for controlling the efficacy of the virtual scenario. The hypothesis is that the experimental group will show greater improvement of the motor functionality compared to the two control groups.
Competitive sport increases risk for musculoskeletal injury (e.g., traumatic knee injury) and may position former athletes for early onset of chronic diseases, chronic pain, poor health-related quality of life, and disability. Quantifying function in former athletes with and without a prior injury and non-athlete controls is critical to understanding long-term health trajectories in athletes and informing potential interventional studies. One modifiable factor that may be associated with long-term health in athletes is physical activity patterns. The purpose of this study is to evaluate strength, function, physical activity, dietary patterns, and cardiometabolic health among current and former competitive athletes and in nonathlete controls to evaluate the impact of prior knee injury and sedentary behavior as two potential determinants of later poor health and reduced function.
The purpose of the proposed study is to evaluate the efficacy of dronabinol for postoperative pain after arthroscopic surgery of the knee. The investigators hypothesize that dronabinol will relieve pain, reduce opioid consumption and will result in few negative side effects. If this pilot study shows promising results the investigators will expand the trial to include additional arthroscopic surgeries (hip, shoulder) and other types of orthopaedic surgery.
Clinical and comparative evaluation of the treatment results of arthroscopic reconstruction of cartilage defects in the knee joint with the use of autogenous cartilage graft with PRP GF (platelet-rich plasma with growth factors)