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Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2017

Outcome of patients after lower limb fracture with partial weight bearing postoperatively treated with or without anti-gravity treadmill (alter G®) during six weeks of rehabilitation - a protocol of a prospective randomized trial.

Ralf Henkelmann, Sebastian Schneider, Daniel Müller, Ralf Gahr, Christoph Josten, Jörg Böhme

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Trial report in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02790229 (Outcome of Patients After Lower Limb Fracture With Partial Weight Bearing Postoperatively Treated With or Without Anti-gravity Treadmill), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02790229 nacompletednot on this map

Outcome of Patients After Lower Limb Fracture With Partial Weight Bearing Postoperatively Treated With or Without Anti-gravity Treadmill (Alter G®) During Six Weeks of Rehabilitation - a Bicentric Prospective Randomized Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of LeipzigRan2016 to 2019Enrolled73ConditionsMuscle DegenerationArmsanti-gravity treadmill (alter G®), standardized physiotherapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Rehabilitation for ankle fractures in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  6. [Research progress of rehabilitation after autologous chondrocyte implantation on knee].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ralf HenkelmannClinic of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20, Leipzig, 04103, Germany. ralf.henkelmann@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
Sebastian SchneiderHospital St. Georg gGmbH, Clinic of Trauma, Orthopedic and Septic Surgery, Delitzscher Str. 141, Leipzig, 04129, Germany.
Daniel MüllerAmbulantes Reha Centrum, Bauhofstr. 3, Leipzig, 04103, Germany.
Ralf GahrHospital St. Georg gGmbH, Clinic of Trauma, Orthopedic and Septic Surgery, Delitzscher Str. 141, Leipzig, 04129, Germany.
Christoph JostenClinic of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20, Leipzig, 04103, Germany.
Jörg BöhmeClinic of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, University of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20, Leipzig, 04103, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPartial or complete immobilization leads to different adjustment processes like higher risk of muscle atrophy or a decrease of general performance. The present study is designed to prove efficacy of the anti-gravity treadmill (alter G®) compared to a standard rehabilitation protocol in patients with tibial plateau (group 1)or ankle fractures (group 2) with six weeks of partial weight bearing of 20 kg. METHODS AND

designThis prospective randomized study will include a total of 60 patients for each group according to predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. 1:1 randomization will be performed centrally via fax supported by the Clinical Trial Centre Leipzig (ZKS Leipzig). Patients in the treatment arm will be treated with an anti-gravity treadmill (alter G®) instead of physiotherapy. The protocol is designed parallel to standard physiotherapy with a frequency of two to three times of training with the treadmill per week with duration of 20 min for six weeks. DISCUSSION: Up to date no published randomized controlled trial with an anti-gravity treadmill is available. The findings of this study can help to modify rehabilitation of patients with partial weight bearing due to their injury or postoperative protocol. It will deliver interesting results if an anti-gravity treadmill is useful in rehabilitation in those patients. Further ongoing studies will identify different indications for an anti-gravity treadmill. Thus, in connection with those studies, a more valid statement regarding safety and efficacy is possible.

trial registrationNCT02790229 registered on May 29, 2016.

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Physical Therapy ModalitiesAdolescentAdultAgedAnkle FracturesExercise TestFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative CareProspective StudiesTibial FracturesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeWeight-Bearing

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