NCT01879852

Muscle Weakness and Post-traumatic Knee OA

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 29 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Florida · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a single-center, randomized, single-blind (evaluator) study. Enrolled patients had a traumatic meniscal tear and underwent meniscectomy. The study included 6 weeks (12 visits) of standard or quadriceps intensive rehabilitation. The objective of the study was to determine the effect of quadriceps intensive rehabilitation on knee function and articular cartilage.

Conditions

• Meniscectomy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Quadriceps intensive strengthening	Quadriceps intensive strengthening includes high-intensity neuromuscular electrical stimulation to the quadriceps muscle for 10 minutes and overload to the the eccentric phase of quadriceps strengthening exercises.
BEHAVIORAL	Standard rehabilitation	Standard rehabilitation will include interventions for typical knee impairments (effusion, knee motion deficits, lower extremity muscle weakness, and gait deviations) as well as advanced rehabilitation interventions as indicated (jump and agility exercises)

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-10-01
• Primary completion: 2013-08-01
• Completion: 2013-08-01
• First posted: 2013-06-18
• Last updated: 2014-10-01
• Results posted: 2014-09-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States