Use of Continuous Passive Motion in the Post-Operative Treatment of Intra-articular Knee Fractures
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Conditions studied: Intra-articular Knee Fractures
In brief
Decreased range of motion is common after fractures around the knee and can impact a patient's ability to perform activities of daily living such as rising from a seated position or getting in and out of a bathtub. A continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is a machine that continuously moves a joint (such as the knee) without the patient having to use the muscles in his/her leg. A goal of this therapy is to maintain as much motion as possible following this injury. This study is a randomized, prospective study to evaluate the effectiveness of CPM in maintaining knee range of motion following open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of fractures around the knee
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00591929
- Run by
- Prisma Health-Upstate
- People needed
- 40
- Starts
- 2006-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-03-12
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- If the patient has an intra-articular distal femur or proximal tibia fracture
- Independent ambulatory prior to injury
- No previous knee injury limiting motion
You may not qualify if…
- If the patients range of motion was decreased prior to injury (ex. Osteoarthritis, previous knee fracture or injury)
- Any contraindication to CPM (concomitant hip or ankle fracture)
- Open physis of tibia or distal femur
- Pathological Fracture
- Compartment Syndrome
- Neurovascular injury
- Fracture due to gunshot wound
- Greater than 21 days from fracture to definitive open reduction and internal fixation
- Fractures treated with definitive external fixation
- Open fractures
- Extensor mechanism injuries
- Likely problems in the judgment of the investigator with maintaining follow-up
Where it is running
- Greenville Hospital System Univeristy Medical Center — Greenville, South Carolina, United States
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