NCT02734225

Influences of Balance Training With a Dynamometric Platform in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Valoración de la Puesta en Marcha en Artroplastias Totales de Rodilla Mediante un Trabajo Postural en Plataforma Dinamometrica

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 69 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Knee osteoarthritis produces degeneration and joint wear that greatly affects the patient's proprioceptive system increasing instability. After total knee arthroplasty intervention, it is recommended that the patient performs a rehabilitation procedure to minimize deficits caused by surgery. In this job it is essential to insist on the importance of recovering balance after total knee arthroplasty intervention, and assess a specifically designed protocol to restore its function. An intervention which includes a dynamometric platform as a training method was proposed. The randomized clinical trial compared a control group that performed balance exercises on parallel bars, unstable plates, ramps and stairs against an experimental group that included dynamometric platforms training as a differentiator.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Functional Recovery	Rehabilitation protocol based on muscle strengthening with isometric, isotonic and counter-resistance with progressive load exercises. Intervention consisted of warm-up phase with passive, active-assisted and active movements, and a work-out phase
OTHER	Balance Training	Balance and proprioception training using parallel bars, unstable plates, ramps and stairs
OTHER	Dynamometric Platform Training	Stability tests, weight changes and stability limits, performing both anterior-posterior and medial-lateral movements simultaneously in some cases

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-03-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2016-04-12
• Last updated: 2016-04-15