A feasibility randomised trial evaluating the levitation tri-compartment offloader knee brace for multicompartment knee osteoarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Levitation™ "Tri-Compartment Offloader" (TCO) knee brace (Spring Loaded Technology) is designed to reduce pain for individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA). The TCO is available on the market, however, has not been compared to the current standard of care treatment for knee OA with a controlled clinical trial. This feasibility study aimed to (i) evaluate the feasibility of conducting a full RCT, (ii) evaluate the distributional properties of the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) activity-specific knee pain score to estimate the sample size required for a full randomised controlled trial (RCT), and (iii) refine and optimise the study protocol.

Methods

A prospective, 3-group, parallel, single-centre feasibility RCT of individuals with moderate to severe patellofemoral

SUBMITTER: Bishop EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12164062 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature