Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Mathew Morrissey
ORCID ID
Contact details
King's College London
Physiotherapy Division GKT School of Biomedical Sciences
GKT School of Biomedical Sciences
Sheperd's House
Guy's Campus
London
SE1 1UL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7848 6678
matt.morrissey@kcl.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
RDC01629
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Knee partial menisectomy is one of the most common orthopaedic surgeries. Post-surgical care may or may not include physiotherapy, depending on the surgeon, despite the lack of reports in the literature of clinical trials determining if physiotherapy is effective in cutting costs and restoring function in these patients. The purpose of this research is to determine whether a course of physiotherapy should be included in the early period after knee arthroscopic partial menisectomy surgery. This analysis will be performed by assessing the cost effectiveness of physiotherapy and the degree to which normal function is restored in the knee after surgery.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Musculoskeletal injury; meniscectomy
Intervention
1. Physiotherapy three times a week for 6 weeks post-surgery
2. No treatment
Intervention type
Procedure/Surgery
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
1. Knee function and overall health will be measured over time to determine how these change as a result of treatment. Specifically, these variables will be assessed over time:
1.1. Function of the knee (i.e. motion in the saqittal plane) during level walking and stair climbing
1.2. Scores on the Flandry knee self-assessment questionnaire
1.3. Scores on the SF-36 from the health assessment questionnaire
1.4. Scores on the EuroQol from the health assessment questionnaire
2. In addition, the following will be assessment:
1.1. Time from surgery to return to work
1.2. Estimated level of knee physical stress in job and possible change from pre- to post-surgery
1.3. Total cost of physiotherapy versus non-treatment
1.4. Cost effectiveness of physiotherapy versus non-treatment (cost per QALY gain)
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/05/1999
Overall trial end date
01/05/2001
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients recently having undergone knee meniscectomy
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not match inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/05/1999
Recruitment end date
01/05/2001
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
King's College London
London
SE1 1UL
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive London (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2003 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12775198
Publication citations
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Results
Goodwin PC, Morrissey MC, Omar RZ, Brown M, Southall K, McAuliffe TB, Effectiveness of supervised physical therapy in the early period after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy., Phys Ther, 2003, 83, 6, 520-535.