Return to Activity After Total Knee Arthroplasty
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Return to Activity Battery.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Total Knee Arthroplasty. Basic parameters: from 18 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
- Germany
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Prospective, Multicenter Study of Clinical Rehabilitation and Return-to-activity After Total Knee Arthroplasty
Overview
This multicenter research project aims to correlate objective testing of muscle mass, muscle strength, neuromuscular activation, walking speed and other functional tests with everyday activity and subjective quality of life after total knee arthroplasty. For this purpose, 400 patients from 5 orthopedic departments in Germany and USA will be examined at the time points pre-op, six weeks, three, six and 12 months post-op.
Interventions
- Other Return to Activity Battery
The main target parameters are muscle mass (sonography), muscle strength (isometric maximum strength measurement), neuromuscular activation (surface EMG), functionality (e.g. 6MWT, chair rising test), knee swelling and subjective assessment of everyday and leisure activities, quality of life (e.g. SF-36) and return to work
Primary outcome measures
- Muscle Mass [Time frame: Pre-OP to 12 months Post-OP]
- Muscle Strength [Time frame: Pre-OP to 12 Months Post-OP]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patients receiving a total knee arthroplasty
- Ability to perform the return to activity battery
Exclusion criteria
- Inability to perform the return to activity battery
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Germany · 2 centers
- Technical University Munich — Munich
- University Hospital Bonn — Bonn
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07006545 · 2024_I