Objective Assessment of Knee Proprioception and Sensorimotor Function in Patients with Primary Gonarthrosis before and after Knee Replacement.
Anna Hadamus, Dariusz Białoszewski
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29154233Actively Recruiting
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Age: 18Years +
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The Effect of Balance Training Using a Dynamometric Platform on Muscle Strength, Proprioception, Balance, and Gait in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Led by Ankara Etlik City Hospital · Updated on 2025-07-23
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What this Trial Is About
Knee osteoarthritis is a common condition that can cause pain and difficulty moving, often leading to the need for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) when other treatments no longer work. This research explores whether adding balance training with the Tecnobody ProKin system to standard physical therapy can improve recovery after TKA. The study aims to see if this technology-supported balance training leads to better outcomes in muscle strength, balance, walking ability, and body awareness compared to standard rehabilitation alone. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: one group will receive standard rehabilitation plus balance training using the Tecnobody ProKin platform, while the other group will receive only the standard rehabilitation program. Standard therapy includes cold packs, electrical nerve stimulation, muscle stimulation, stretching, strengthening exercises, gait training, and balance exercises over 15 sessions. The balance training group will have additional sessions with the dynamometric platform five times a week for three weeks. During the study, researchers will assess participants before treatment, right after the three-week intervention, and six weeks later. They will measure balance and proprioception using the Tecnobody ProKin system, muscle strength, knee motion range, pain levels, walking ability, quality of life, anxiety, and depression. This monitoring will help determine how balance training affects recovery after knee replacement surgery over a total of nine weeks.
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Brief Title
The Effect of Balance Training Using a Dynamometric Platform in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty
Who Can Participate
Age: 18Years +
All Genders
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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Your Study Journey
Screening
Duration - 2 to 4 weeks
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.
1 visit (in-person)
Treatment
Duration - 3 weeks
Participants undergo standard rehabilitation following total knee arthroplasty. Those in the experimental group receive additional balance training using the Tecnobody ProKin dynamometric platform.
5 sessions per week for balance training; total of 15 physical therapy sessions for standard rehabilitation
Follow-up
Duration - 6 weeks after the end of treatment
Participants are monitored for recovery progress and changes in balance, proprioception, muscle strength, gait, and pain after completing the treatment.
1 follow-up visit at week 9
Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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Ankara Etlik City Hospital
Ankara, Yenimahalle, Turkey (Türkiye), 06170
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Research Team
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Zeynep Alpoğuz Yilmaz, MD
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Başak Mansız Kaplan, Ass Prof
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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