Early MOtion Total Ankle Artroplasty
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-80
SponsorIstituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
About this trial
Evaluate the clinical and radiographic results of patients undergoing total ankle arthroplasty and treated in the post-operative period in a randomized manner with early mobilization of the ankle joint or with cast immobilization for 3 weeks
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Adult patients (aged between 18 and 80).
Male or female patients;
Signature of the informed consent for participation in the study;
Patients prepared and motivated to comply with the scheduled follow-up visits and the completion of the study questionnaires
Disqualifiers
main diagnosis other than osteoarthritis, history of ankle infection
need to carry out surgical interventions associated with total prosthesis ankle (e.g., calcaneal osteotomy, knee lowering osteotomy).
intraoperative complications (for example a malleolar fracture) which require a different post-operative protocol
peripheral vascular disease
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- early mobilizzation of the ankle
Treatment groups
72 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov