Joint Stiffness Following Knee Replacement Surgery

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified June 2011 by Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
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Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00664651
First received: April 21, 2008
Last updated: June 13, 2011
Last verified: June 2011

April 21, 2008
June 13, 2011
December 2006
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Joint Stiffness Following Knee Replacement Surgery
Capsular Changes in Joint Contractures Post-Knee Arthroplasty:A Case-Control Study

Our primary research question is to find out whether there is a genetic component to the development of joint contractures following knee surgery, through the application of lab techniques.

After total knee replacement surgery, some people develop joint stiffness, which is also called a joint contracture. Contractures cause the envelope of the knee (called the capsule) to stiffen and become rigid so the patient can no longer move their knee the way they used to. After stretching and other exercises, only a surgery can try and divide or remove the contracture. The main purpose of this research is to study the cause of the contracture and specifically if certain people are predisposed to contractures.

Observational
Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Retrospective
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Non-Probability Sample

joint contractures following knee surgery

Joint Contracture
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Recruiting
120
December 2015
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Inclusion Criteria:

-knee contractures post arthroplasty scheduled for arthrotomy with debridement of capsular tissue Controls will be patients scheduled for arthrotomy with debridement of capsular tissue for the other reasons(primary knee arthroplasty, ORIF of the knee secondary to trauma, ACL repair, amputation, elective joint arthroplasty with capsuloplasty etc.)

Exclusion:

  • transmissible disease (HIV, Hep B,C)
  • confirmed or suspected neoplasia
  • suspected infection
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18 Years and older
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Contact: Guy Trudel (613) 737-7350
Canada
 
NCT00664651
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Dr. Guy Trudel, OHRI
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
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Principal Investigator: Guy Trudel, MD,MSc,FRCPC OHRI / The Ottawa Hospital
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
June 2011

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