Temporary postoperative treatment with compartment-unloading knee braces or wedge insoles does not improve clinical outcome after partial meniscectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate whether temporary postoperative compartment-unloading therapy after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM)-with either knee braces or wedge insoles-leads to superior clinical outcome as compared to controls. This difference in clinical outcome was tested in the form of two knee scores, physical activity and general health outcome over the first postoperative year.

Methods

Sixty-three patients who underwent arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) were randomized to one of the following three groups: 12 weeks postoperative knee compartment-unloading therapy with either a knee brace (brace group) or wedge insoles (insole group) or no specific postoperative therapy (control group). Patient-reported outcome was assessed with the International Knee Document

SUBMITTER: Dammerer D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6510808 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature