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NCT Number: NCT03856983

Benefits of Observing Point-light Displays in Postoperative Rehabilitation of the Total Knee Prosthesis.

The LOARAL project concerns patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty to treat symptomatic osteoarthritis. Patient will be divided into two groups: a control group where patients will do standard rehabilitation and an experimental group where patients will do standard rehabilitation associated with the judgement of point-light display. The aim of this study is to validate the use of point-light display for the Rehabilitation of patients with a totalarthroplasty of the knee.

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Key information

Conditions

Knee Surgery Point Light Display Rehabilitation

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire

Poitiers, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Volunteers over 18 years of age who have undergone knee surgery

Exclusion criteria

  • Any locomotor condition not due to knee surgery
  • Uncorrected visual disturbances
  • Comorbidity altering locomotion (history of stroke, neurological condition, inflammatory rheumatism)

Treatment and study plan

Point light display

Other

Experimental group who will do usual rehabilitation and visualization of point-light human actions

Primary outcomes

  1. Compare the evaluation of the point light display relative to conventional rehabilitation

    Time frame: Rehabilitation during 3 weeks

    The time to realize the time up and go test will be assessed at inclusion and at the end of the program.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Compare the evaluation of the point light display on functional recovery

    Time frame: At the end of the program (3 weeks max)

    Test score the time up and go and test score questionnary WOMAC (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, Bellamy et al., 1988).

  2. Compare the evaluation of the point light display on the detection and action recognition

    Time frame: At the end of the program (3 weeks max)

    Percentages of correct recognition of actions on the point light display

  3. Compare the evaluation of the point light display on the feeling of self-efficacy personal

    Time frame: At the end of the program (3 weeks max)

    Test score questionnary of self-efficacy personal (Dumont et al., 2000).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Poitiers University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Acronym: LOARAL

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Feb 27, 2019
Registry last updated
Sep 29, 2021

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