The Effect of Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training in Patients With Meniscus Tears
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Anti-gravity treadmill training, Conventional treadmill training, Standard physiotherapy and rehabilitation program.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Meniscus Tear. Basic parameters: 18 years — 40 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
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Official title
The Effect of Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training on Symptoms and Functions in Patients With Meniscus Tears
Overview
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of anti-gravity treadmill training on symptoms and functions in patients with meniscus tears.
Detailed description
Meniscus tears are one of the most common sports-related injuries. Acute trauma-related tears are more common in active young individuals and athletes. Symptoms such as pain, effusion, tenderness at the joint line, locking, and knee dysfunction are observed after injury. It is aimed to provide painless movement, normal knee kinematics, and retaining of muscle strength in rehabilitation process. Anti-gravity treadmills use an inflatable space around the lower extremities and significantly reduce body weight during walking and running. Anti-gravity treadmill training protects the joint and surrounding soft tissues against the negative effects of loading during the post-injury recovery process, and allows the tissues to heal safely. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of anti-gravity treadmill training on symptoms and functions in patients with meniscus tears.
Patients will be randomly divided into three groups: Anti-Gravity Treadmill Group, Conventional Treadmill Group, and Control Group. All patients will be included physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week. While subjects in the Anti-Gravity Treadmill Group will participate to training anti-gravity treadmill walking, subjects in the Conventional Treadmill Group will participate walking program on a standard treadmill. Symptoms and functions will be assessed baseline and after 6-week program.
Interventions
- Other Anti-gravity treadmill training
Patients will participate to anti-gravity treadmill (Alter G) walking program in addition to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week. - Other Conventional treadmill training
Patients will participate to walking program on a standard treadmill in addition to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week. - Other Standard physiotherapy and rehabilitation program
Patients will participate to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week.
Primary outcome measures
- Visual analog scale-pain [Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks]
- Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score [Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks]
- Dynamic stability [Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks]
- Single leg-hop test [Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Western Ontario Meniscal Evaluation Tool [Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks]
- Kinesiophobia [Time frame: Baseline, 6 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age between 18-40 years old
- Clinical history and symptoms consistent with MRI-confirmed meniscus tear
Exclusion criteria
- History of previous knee surgery
- Other knee ligament pathologies
- Neurological disorders
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Bezmialem Vakif University — Istanbul
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06646536 · KA24-4