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Postoperatively Treated Patients With Lower Limb Fracture With or Without an Anti-gravity Treadmill

NCT02790229 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 73

Last updated 2019-06-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The presented study is designed to prove efficacy of the anti-gravity treadmill (alter G®) compared to a standard rehabilitation protocol in patients with tibial plateau or ankle fractures with six weeks of partial weight bearing.

Conditions

  • Muscle Degeneration

Interventions

OTHER

anti-gravity treadmill (alter G®)

Patients in the experimental arm will be treated with manual lymphatic drainage, cryotherapy and a fixed protocol of training in an anti-gravity treadmill (alter G®). The protocol is designed parallel to standard physiotherapy with a frequency of two to three times a week with duration of about 20 minutes for six weeks.

OTHER

standardized physiotherapy

Patients in the control arm will be treated with manual lymphatic drainage, cryotherapy and 20 minutes of physiotherapy two to three times a week for six weeks. Physiotherapy will be done according to a standardized protocol.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ambulantes Reha Centrum Gruppe, Germany

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Hospital St.Georg gGmbH; Clinic of Trauma, Orthopedic and septic Surgery, Leipzig, Germany

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Leipzig

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-08-31
Primary Completion
2019-06-17
Completion
2019-06-17

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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