Clinical trial NCT00857701: Dynamic Splinting After Total Knee Arthroplasty
Official title: Dynamic Splinting After Total Knee Arthroplasty: a Randomized, Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Reduced Knee Flexion
Keywords: total knee arthroplasty
Dynamic Splinting
Knee extension
knee
Reduced knee flexion after total knee arthroscopy
Lead sponsor: Dynasplint Systems, Inc.
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2009-03-09
Enrollment: 25
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 90
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a dynamic splinting system for knee flexion contracture following a total knee arthroplasty.

Detailed description: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of dynamic splinting for knee flexion contracture following a total knee arthroplasty.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Reduced flexibility in AROM of knee extension
* Pain that is worsened by bending over while legs are straight
* Impaired gait pattern
* Ability to understand informed consent and experiment responsibilities

Exclusion Criteria:

* Fractures
* Knee sepsis
* Osteomyelitis or any orthopedic infection
* Extensor mechanism dysfunction
* Psoriasis
* Knee joint neuropathy
* Previous Stroke or Brain Injury

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Maximal Acitive Range of Mothion in knee extension
timeFrame: 9 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Mesa
country: United States
facility: Dennis L Armstrong M.D.
state: Arizona
Study officials:
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