Clinical trial NCT05266365: The Video-Based Exercise Program in Degenerative Meniscus Tears
Official title: Investigation of the Efficacy of Video-Based Exercise Program in Degenerative Meniscus Tears
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Phase: NA
Conditions: Degenerative Disease
Meniscus Tear
Knee Pain Swelling
Lead sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-03-04
Enrollment: 70
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 40
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This randomized-controlled trial aims to investigate the efficacy of a video-based exercise program in patients with degenerative meniscus tears.

Detailed description: To investigate the efficacy of a video-based exercise program, voluntary patients with degenerative meniscus tears, aged between 40 and 65 years, will be randomly divided into two groups: the video-based exercise (VBE) group and the standard exercise (SE) group. Interventions will be applied for 16 sessions (twice a week for eight weeks). The patients will be assessed at baseline and the end of the 8-week intervention. The pain during activity, at rest, and night will be assessed with the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). The active range of motion will be evaluated with a digital goniometer. Isometric muscle strength will be measured with a handheld dynamometer. The Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) will evaluate the functional status and symptoms. The Western Ontario Meniscal Evaluation Tool (WOMET) will assess health-related quality of life.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being aged between 40 and 65 years
* Having the degenerative meniscus tear in at least one knee
* Having body mass index in the range of 18-30 kg/m2
* Feeling the pain that lasts for at least 2 months
* Having grade 1 or grade 2 degenerative meniscal tear diagnosed by an orthopedic specialist according to the MRI results
* Having the activity level is between 1 and 5 according to the Tegner Activity Scale
* Having the ability to read and write Turkish

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having undergone arthroscopic partial meniscectomy surgery due to degenerative meniscal tear
* Participating in a physiotherapy program for degenerative meniscal tear in the last 12 weeks
* Have received steroid injections in the last 6 months
* Accompanying conditions such as injury to the surrounding ligaments, congenital anomaly in the affected knee, coxarthrosis and spinal stenosis
* Presence of any systemic disorder that may affect assessment parameters
* Failure to cooperate with assessments
* Any vision or hearing problem that would prevent them from adapting to the assessment

Primary outcomes:
measure: Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)
timeFrame: Baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)
timeFrame: At the end of 8-week intervention
measure: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
timeFrame: After 8-week intervention
measure: Active Range of Motion
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Active Range of Motion
timeFrame: At the end of 8-week intervention
measure: Muscle Strength
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Muscle Strength
timeFrame: At the end of the 8-week intervention
measure: Western Ontario Meniscal Evaluation Tool (WOMET)
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Western Ontario Meniscal Evaluation Tool (WOMET)
timeFrame: At the end of the 8-week intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa
state: Bakırkoy
Study officials:
affiliation: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
name: Tansu Birinci, PhD, PT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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