Clinical trial NCT06920394: Functionality of Lower Limbs in Patients Who Have Undergone Knee Meniscectomy
Official title: Functionality of Lower Limbs in Patients Who Have Undergone Knee Meniscectomy. A Multicenter Ambispective Cohort Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Meniscectomy Sequelae
Keywords: Knee meniscectomy
Functionality
Range of movement
Pain intensity
Kinesiophobia
Lead sponsor: Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-04-09
Enrollment: 89
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: People with previous meniscectomy surgery

Brief summary: Introduction. Meniscal lesions are common and are associated with the development of osteoarthritis of the knee. Work activities that cause mechanical stress can lead to acute or chronic injuries. The surgical treatment for this injury is meniscectomy. Physiotherapy is a widely accepted first-line treatment for patients with meniscus tears.

Objective. To assess the clinical and functional status of patients who have undergone meniscus surgery with and without post-surgical physiotherapy.

Material and method. Multicenter ambispective cohort study. 89 patients who have undergone meniscectomy will be recruited. The primary variable of the study will be functionality (Time Up \& Go), with the prescription of a post-surgical physiotherapy treatment being the dependent variable. The secondary variables, estimated as modifying or confounding, will be range of motion (goniometry), pain intensity (visual analog scale) and kinesiophobia (Tampa scale).


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Persons aged 20 to 65
* Of both sexes
* With previous meniscectomy surgery in one of the two knees in the last 5 years
* Who sign the informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients who require technical aids for walking
* Dependent patients for carrying out activities of daily living
* Patients over 65 years of age
* Patients with cognitive impairments that prevent understanding of tests and evaluations

Primary outcomes:
measure: Assessment of knee functionality
timeFrame: Screening visit
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Assessment of range of knee motion
timeFrame: Screening visit
measure: Assessment of pain perception
timeFrame: Screening visit
measure: Assessment of Kinesiophobia
timeFrame: Screening visit
Other outcomes:
measure: Assessment of the time elapsed since the surgical intervention
timeFrame: Screening visit
measure: Assessment of the patient's weight at the time of the study
timeFrame: Screening visit
measure: Measurement of the patient's age at the time of the study
timeFrame: Screening visit
measure: Assessment of the patient's height at the time of the study
timeFrame: Screening visit
measure: Assessment of the patient's gender at the time of the study
timeFrame: Screening visit
measure: Assessment of the patient's type of work at the time of the study
timeFrame: Screening visit
measure: Measurement of the patient's level of physical activity before and after surgery
timeFrame: Screening visit
Locations:
city: Murcia
country: Spain
facility: Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
state: Asturias
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