Correlation Between Deficits in Knee ROM Recovery and Difficulty in Dorsiflexing the Tibio-tarsal Joint in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Replacement Surgery.
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- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Articulation Disorders. Basic parameters: 65 years — 85 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
- Italy
- Next step
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Official title
Correlation Between Deficits in ROM Recovery of the Knee Operated With PTG and Difficulty in Dorsiflexing the Tibio-tarsal Joint.NODORSIFLEX-IN-PTG
Overview
To demonstrate that the deficit in dorsiflexion-tibia-talar joint range of motion can have an effect on the knee operated by arthroplasty by limiting full extension and, in general, the recovery of a full range of motion.
Detailed description
The study is of a prospective, prognostic, observational nature and involves all patients who are candidates for admission to the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute for primary knee replacement surgery, recruited in the Orthopaedics department and subsequently followed in the Rehabilitation Medicine department of the DRS. The recruited patients will be subjected to pre-operative measurement of the ankle ROM; if they present a limitation of the same, they will be included in the exposed group, alternatively they will be included in the non-exposed group.
Primary outcome measures
- Measurement of knee joint range of motion (ROM). [Time frame: In our study, the joint excursion measurements of the t-t and knee will be taken by the physiotherapists involved in the study with the patient lying in a supine position on a bed, they will be taken pre-operatively (T0) i.e. before the knee arthroplasty]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria:•
- Patients who are candidates for primary total knee replacement surgery aged 65 to 85 years;
- Patients who have provided informed consent Exclusion Criteria:•
- Patients with known neurological pathologies
- Severe joint deformations such as previous ankle surgery (arthrodesis, ankle prosthesis) congenital malformations (cavus equinus, clubfoot)
- Severe fractures that have compromised the joint
- Traumatic events affecting the lower limb that occurred less than 12 months
- Non-ambulatory patients in the preoperative period
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-only
Study locations
Italy · 1 center
- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli Dipartimento Sicilia — Bagheria
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07016243 · 0003043-01/03/2025