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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to compare quadriceps muscle strength, pain, opioid consumption and patient function during the first three months after short-stay total knee replacement between patients treated with short-duration tourniquet knee replacement with the Aquamantys® bipolar sealer versus those treated with the standard of care (tourniquet used throughout the case and no Aquamantys®). By doing this study, investigators hope to learn if short duration tourniquet knee replacement with the Aquamantys® bipolar sealer is more effective than standard of care (tourniquet used throughout the case and no Aquamantys®). The purpose of this study is to compare quadriceps muscle strength, pain, opioid consumption and patient function during the first three months after short-stay total knee replacement between patients treated with short-duration tourniquet knee replacement with the Aquamantys® bipolar sealer versus those treated with the standard of care (tourniquet used throughout the case and no Aquamantys®).
The hypothesis of this study is that there are people running following a total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The objective is (1) to determine if there are people that ran/run following their TKA and (2), in case (1) is true, to identify some general running parameters such as duration, frequency, perceived barriers for running. Patients with a TKA and a score equal or higher than 9 on the UCLA activity scale at any time between 2 years prior to surgery and at present will be invited to participate in the trial by phone. All these patients will receive the study's information form and questionnaire by post with a pre-stamped envelope to return the documents.The survey was created and piloted internally for this study. There are 21 questions, most of them are "yes or no" and some others open questions to assess parameters such as duration of difficulties faced. The questionnaire is composed of three parts. The first part is interested in the preoperative activity (during the 2 years before surgery), the second part in the postoperative activity (during the 2 years after surgery) and the third part refers to the current practice. For each part, people are asked about specific practice parameters and modalities. Furthermore, we seek to determine whether there was/is a willingness to run following TKA, if patients receive any education/information about it and their personal attitudes towards running with a TKA. The anonymized data will be collected by the main author for subsequent analysis.
Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture Treatment as an Adjunctive Therapy After Knee Replacement
Comparison of two unicompartmental knee arthroplasties (UKA), to see if Sigma UKA performs equally good as the Oxford UKA. The study focuses on how well the arthroplasty is fixated to the bone and on the difference in wear of the plastic insert. Finally, the functional outcome after surgery is compared between the two arthroplasties. Hypothesis: H1: The Sigma UKA has an equal migration pattern compared to the Oxford UKA with a follow up of two years - that is, no significant difference in migration between 1-2 years follow-up. H2: The Oxford and Sigma UKA's have comparable polyethylene wear with a follow up of 5 years. H3: The Oxford and Sigma UKA's have comparable patient perceived outcome measures (PROM) and leg extension power (LEP) postoperative. H4: BMD of the proximal tibia does not influence migration of the tibial component
The unicompartmental knee prosthesis has become a routine procedure. Survival rate of over 90% after 10 years are generally reported. However, complications and reoperation may still occur for many reasons, and some of them may be related to component design: loosening (tibial above), polyethylene wear, knee stiffness, ligamentous instability, etc ... . Therefore, new designs can, at least in theory, improve the results of conventional models. In this study, the investigators want to compare retrospectively data concerning survival rates of patients wearing unicompartmental knee prosthesis with mobile plate for over 10 years, with the ones published in the literature for conventional fixed-bearing prostheses and mobile-bearing prostheses
The overall goal of this study is to identify what Physical Therapy care components are associated with the best patient-reported functional outcome after Total Knee Replacement (TKR) surgery. The investigators are specifically looking at outcomes at 6 and 12 months after surgery.
A retrospective, multi-center, cohort study with prospective follow-up and comparison to historical control
This study evaluates the effect of balance circuit in patients with more than one year of postoperative total hip or knee arthroplasty. Patients were randomized between intervention group (IG) (balance exercise circuit ) and control group (CG) (usual routine). The evaluations were conducted by blind examiners.
The objective of this study is to detect the effect of trans-cranial direct current stimulation on postoperative pain and opioid consumption in total knee arthro-plasty patients. Fifty patients undergoing unilateral TKA will be randomly assigned to receive 4 sessions, total of 80 minutes of real (n=25) or sham tDCS (n=25). Stimulation will be given on 4 consecutive postoperative days, group 1 will receive real stimulation with the active electrode over the leg representation of the motor strip (cortical motor area of the leg) and the reference electrode over the arm, group 2 will receive Sham tDCS. Pain level will be evaluated according to visual analogue scale (VAS) and LANSS pain scale before (base line) after 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th sessions.
The total knee replacement has become a routine procedure. Survival rate of over 90% after 10 years are generally reported. However, complications and reoperation may still occur for many reasons, and some of them may be related to component design: loosening (tibial above), polyethylene wear, knee stiffness, ligamentous instability, etc ... . Therefore, new designs can, at least in theory, improve the results of conventional models. In this study, the investigators want to compare retrospectively data concerning survival rates of patients wearing total knee prosthesis with mobile plate for over 10 years, with the ones published in the literature for conventional fixed-bearing prostheses.