Protected Versus Early Weight Bearing Post Microfracture Surgery

Launched by ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC AND DISTRICT NHS TRUST · Sep 3, 2015

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ClinConnect Summary

To test using a randomised control trial, whether conservative rehabilitation and protected weight bearing versus early weight bearing and accelerated rehabilitation affects patient outcomes post microfracture surgery of the knee.

Current practice in most units is to protect patients from weight bearing prior to entering a conservative physiotherapy rehabilitation program following microfracture surgery of the knee. At our unit we believe that protecting patients from weight bearing post microfracture surgery makes no difference to their outcome and only leads to a longer rehabilitation ti...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Aged 16-60 years. Mechanically stable knee joint at outpatient examination. MRI confirmed grade 3 or 4 non-kissing cartilage defect within the knee. Able to fully understand the process and study and give informed consent to participate.
• • Able to comply with the physiotherapy rehabilitation and follow up process.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Kissing cartilage defects. Defects deemed too large to undergo microfracture on MRI scan. Clinically unstable knee joint. Patients unable to consent to participation. Under 16 years of age or over 60 years of age. Patients likely to drop out of physiotherapy rehabilitation and study follow up.