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Functional Effects of Postoperative Physiotherapy After Cosmetic Femoral Lengthening (LON-PT)

NCT07432412 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2026-07-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to understand how an early postoperative conventional physiotherapy program affects daily movement and physical function in adults who undergo cosmetic femoral lengthening surgery using the Lengthening Over Nail (LON) technique.

Participants aged between 18 and 45 years who have this surgery will take part in a structured physiotherapy program. The study will examine changes in physical function, pain, walking ability, and independence before surgery, during recovery, and after removal of the external fixator.

The results of this study may help improve rehabilitation planning after cosmetic femoral lengthening surgery.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Conventional Physiotherapy Program

The planned rehabilitation program included active and passive joint mobilization, quadriceps and hamstring stretching, isometric strengthening, NMES, cryotherapy, assistive-device-supported ambulation training, elastic-band resistance exercises, and modified apparatus-based Pilates, supervised by a physiotherapist five days per week for 13 weeks. In actual implementation, structured rehabilitation began on postoperative day 7. Daily cryotherapy during postoperative days 0-6 was routine inpatient care and was not part of the study rehabilitation program. Cryotherapy was applied at every supervised session during rehabilitation weeks 1-4 and thereafter only when edema persisted. Superficial thermotherapy was used as supportive physiotherapy when clinically indicated for muscle tightness or stiffness before stretching or mobilization; it was not provided to every participant or at every session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • FATMA ÇAVDARCI

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-13
Primary Completion
2026-07-18
Completion
2026-07-18

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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