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NCT Number: NCT07358325

Video-Based Education Versus In-Person Education in Patients Undergoing Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy

The primary aim of the study is to investigate whether video-based education and exercise-program is non-inferior to in-person instructions in improving pain-related self-efficacy in patients undergoing arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in a day-hospital setting. Secondary aims are to explore the potential superiority of the video-based program compared to in-person instructions in reducing disability and kinesiophobia in the same patient population.

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Key information

Conditions

Partial Meniscectomy Knee Arthroscopic Surgery

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients scheduled for arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (medial or lateral meniscus) performed in a day-hospital setting.
  • Traumatic or degenerative meniscal tears.
  • Treatment at the Hip and Knee Orthopedic Unit of the Humanitas Clinical Institute.
  • Age ≥ 18 years.
  • Access to adequate video support.
  • Sufficient proficiency in the Italian language.

Exclusion criteria

  • Previous surgery on either knee within the past 5 years.
  • Significant postoperative hematoma requiring aspiration.
  • Neurological conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
  • Musculoskeletal conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
  • Rheumatologic conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
  • Internal medicine conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
  • Oncological conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
  • Cognitive or psychiatric disorders (Mini-Mental State Examination ≤ 21).

Treatment and study plan

Video-based education

Behavioral

The video-based education was sent to patients within 5-day before surgery and consists of instructions to follow after surgery on wight-baring on the operated limb, advice to reduce swelling and movements tallowed to be performed. Exercises to perform in the 2 weeks after surgery are shown.

Usual Care

Behavioral

Immediately after the surgery in day-hospital setting, a physiotherapist provided in-person instructions to patients assigned to control group. Instructions consists of the same educational content of the video-based group and the same exercises to perform in 2-weeks after surgery are shown and provided on a written spreadsheet.

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ)

    Time frame: From enrolment to the 6 weeks after surgery

    The PSEQ assesses patients' confidence in performing daily activities despite pain, with score ranging from 0 to 60 and higher scores indicating greater pain-related self-efficacy.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)

    Time frame: From enrolment to the 3 weeks after surgery

    The WOMAC evaluates knee pain, stiffness, and physical function, with score ranging from 0 to 96 and higher scores reflecting greater pain and functional impairment.

  2. Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK)

    Time frame: From enrolment to the 3 weeks after surgery

    The TSK measures fear of movement and re-injury related to pain, with score ranging from 17 to 68 and higher scores indicating greater levels of kinesiophobia.

  3. Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)

    Time frame: From enrolment to the 6 weeks after surgery

    The WOMAC evaluates knee pain, stiffness, and physical function, with score ranging from 0 to 96 and higher scores reflecting greater pain and functional impairment.

  4. Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK)

    Time frame: From enrolment to the 6 weeks after surgery

    The TSK measures fear of movement and re-injury related to pain, with score ranging from 17 to 68 and higher scores indicating greater levels of kinesiophobia.

  5. Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ)

    Time frame: From enrolment to the 3 weeks after surgery

    The PSEQ assesses patients' confidence in performing daily activities despite pain, with score ranging from 0 to 60 and higher scores indicating greater pain-related self-efficacy.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Roberto Gatti

CONTACT

[email protected]

+390282245610

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Istituto Clinico Humanitas

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness of a Video-Based Educational Intervention Compared With In-Person Education on Psychosocial and Functional Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial

Acronym: NI-RCT

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jan 22, 2026
Registry last updated
Feb 5, 2026

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