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ID
Source
Brief title
Health condition
Total knee replacement.
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Factors associated with anterior knee pain after primary total knee replacement.
Secondary outcome
Outcome instruments used to assess the presence of anterior knee pain after total knee replacement.
Background summary
Anterior knee pain is reported to occur in 4–49% of patients following primary total knee replacement. The cause is unknown, but may be related to patient characteristics, degree of patellar cartilage wear, prosthetic design, operative technique, and the use of patellar resurfacing.
Study objective
The objective of the study is to identify factors associated with anterior knee pain after primary total knee replacement.
Study design
N/A
Intervention
Systematic literature review using MEDLINE, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and EMBASE. Additional studies will be identified by reviews of the bibliographies of eligible articles.
Deventer Ziekenhuis
Postbus 5001
Hans-Peter W. Jonbergen, van
Deventer 7400 GC
The Netherlands
vanjonbergen@dz.nl
Deventer Ziekenhuis
Postbus 5001
Hans-Peter W. Jonbergen, van
Deventer 7400 GC
The Netherlands
vanjonbergen@dz.nl
Inclusion criteria
1. Studies involving patients undergoing primary total knee replacement;
2. RCTs or cohort studies including a minimum of 10 patients;
3. Studies relating the prevalence of anterior knee pain with one or more variables;
4. English-language studies.
Exclusion criteria
1. Case reports;
2. RCTs or cohort studies with incompletely described patient populations, less than 10 included patients, and insufficient descriptions of treatment.
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL2552 |
| NTR-old | NTR2670 |
| Other | : N/A |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN wordt niet meer aangevraagd. |