The Effect of Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training in Patients With Meniscus Tears

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Anti-gravity treadmill training: Patients will participate to anti-gravity treadmill (Alter G) walking program in addition to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week.

Conventional treadmill training: Patients will participate to walking program on a standard treadmill in addition to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week.

Standard physiotherapy and rehabilitation program: Patients will participate to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week.

Study summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of anti-gravity treadmill training on symptoms and functions in patients with meniscus tears.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Visual analog scale-pain — Baseline, 6 weeks
  Patients will be asked to mark the intensity of the pain they feel on a 10 cm line, where "0" means no pain and "10" means very severe pain.
• Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score — Baseline, 6 weeks
  The Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) is used to assess symptoms and functional status in knee injuries and osteoarthritis and consists of five dimensions. Each dimension is scored separately and transformed to a scale from 0 to 100. Lower scores from the scale indicate worse pain, symptoms, function, and quality of life.
• Dynamic stability — Baseline, 6 weeks
  The single leg dynamic stability will be assessed by using Biodex Balance System® (Biodex Medical Systems, Inc. USA). Low values of the stability index indicate better balance and stability.
• Single leg-hop test — Baseline, 6 weeks
  In the single-leg hop test, the measurement of the landing distance from the starting line is recorded for evaluation.

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