The Effect of Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training in Patients With Meniscus Tears

Официальное название

The Effect of Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training on Symptoms and Functions in Patients With Meniscus Tears

Обзор

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of anti-gravity treadmill training on symptoms and functions in patients with meniscus tears.

Подробное описание

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.

Вмешательства

• Другое 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.
• Другое 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.
• Другое Standard physiotherapy and rehabilitation program
  Patients will participate to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week.

Первичные конечные точки

• Visual analog scale-pain [Срок оценки: Baseline, 6 weeks]
• Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score [Срок оценки: Baseline, 6 weeks]
• Dynamic stability [Срок оценки: Baseline, 6 weeks]
• Single leg-hop test [Срок оценки: Baseline, 6 weeks]

Вторичные конечные точки (2)

• Western Ontario Meniscal Evaluation Tool [Срок оценки: Baseline, 6 weeks]
• Kinesiophobia [Срок оценки: Baseline, 6 weeks]

Критерии участия

Критерии включения

• Age between 18-40 years old
• Clinical history and symptoms consistent with MRI-confirmed meniscus tear

Критерии исключения

• History of previous knee surgery
• Other knee ligament pathologies
• Neurological disorders

Критерии приведены из реестра в оригинале (на английском). Окончательную оценку соответствия проводит исследовательский центр.

Здоровые добровольцы: Нет

Дизайн исследования

Распределение

Рандомизированное

Модель

Параллельные группы

Маскирование

Простое слепое

Основная цель

Лечение

Центры проведения

Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 центр

• Bezmialem Vakif University — Istanbul

Идентификаторы

NCT: NCT06646536 · KA24-4

Первоисточники (государственные реестры)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, США)

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