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The Effect of Balance Training Using a Dynamometric Platform in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty
Led by Ankara Etlik City Hospital · Updated on 2025-07-23
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
104 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common surgery used to treat advanced knee osteoarthritis, especially when other treatments no longer help. While the surgery often reduces pain and improves joint alignment, many patients still have problems with balance and movement afterward. This study will explore whether adding balance training using the Tecnobody ProKin system to standard physical therapy helps patients recover better after TKA. The researchers will measure balance, walking ability, leg strength, and body awareness (also called proprioception) using special equipment. The main goal is to test the hypothesis that technology-supported balance training improves recovery outcomes more effectively than standard rehabilitation alone.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
The Effect of Balance Training Using a Dynamometric Platform in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty within the past 2 years and are hospitalized at the Orthopedic Rehabilitation Clinic of Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Physical Therapy Hospital
- Able to fully bear weight on the operated lower extremity in the third postoperative week
- Willingness to participate and signing of the written informed consent form
You will not qualify if you...
- Bilateral knee arthroplasty
- Age under 18 years
- Receiving treatment at a physical therapy unit within the first 2 weeks after knee arthroplasty
- Presence of significant visual or hearing impairment, active infection
- Clinically unstable condition
- Presence of central nervous system lesions (e.g., stroke, multiple sclerosis)
- Presence of malignancy
- Presence of a fracture in the lower extremity
- Presence of any condition that would prevent participation in the treatment
- History of lumbar disc surgery
- History of previous surgery in the lower extremity
- Presence of advanced osteoarthritis in the non-operated lower extremity
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Ankara Etlik City Hospital
Ankara, Yenimahalle, Turkey (Türkiye), 06170
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Research Team
Z
Zeynep Alpoğuz Yilmaz, MD
CONTACT
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Başak Mansız Kaplan, Ass Prof
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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