The Effect of Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training in Patients With Meniscus Tears

NCT ID: NCT06646536

Last Updated: 2025-07-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

48 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-01-20

Study Completion Date

2026-09-30

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of anti-gravity treadmill training on symptoms and functions in patients with meniscus tears.

Detailed Description

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Meniscus tears are one of the most common sports-related injuries. Acute trauma-related tears are more common in active young individuals and athletes. Symptoms such as pain, effusion, tenderness at the joint line, locking, and knee dysfunction are observed after injury. It is aimed to provide painless movement, normal knee kinematics, and retaining of muscle strength in rehabilitation process. Anti-gravity treadmills use an inflatable space around the lower extremities and significantly reduce body weight during walking and running. Anti-gravity treadmill training protects the joint and surrounding soft tissues against the negative effects of loading during the post-injury recovery process, and allows the tissues to heal safely. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of anti-gravity treadmill training on symptoms and functions in patients with meniscus tears.

Patients will be randomly divided into three groups: Anti-Gravity Treadmill Group, Conventional Treadmill Group, and Control Group. All patients will be included physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week. While subjects in the Anti-Gravity Treadmill Group will participate to training anti-gravity treadmill walking, subjects in the Conventional Treadmill Group will participate walking program on a standard treadmill. Symptoms and functions will be assessed baseline and after 6-week program.

Conditions

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Meniscus Tear

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Anti-gravity Treadmill Group

Anti-gravity treadmill (Alter G) walking program in addition to physiotherapy and rehabilitation

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Anti-gravity treadmill training

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will participate to anti-gravity treadmill (Alter G) walking program in addition to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week.

Standard physiotherapy and rehabilitation program

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will participate to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week.

Conventional Treadmill Group

Standard treadmill walking program in addition to physiotherapy and rehabilitation

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conventional treadmill training

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will participate to walking program on a standard treadmill in addition to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week.

Standard physiotherapy and rehabilitation program

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will participate to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week.

Control Group

Physiotherapy and rehabilitation program

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard physiotherapy and rehabilitation program

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will participate to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week.

Interventions

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Anti-gravity treadmill training

Patients will participate to anti-gravity treadmill (Alter G) walking program in addition to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week.

Intervention Type OTHER

Conventional treadmill training

Patients will participate to walking program on a standard treadmill in addition to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week.

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard physiotherapy and rehabilitation program

Patients will participate to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for 6 weeks, 2 days a week.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age between 18-40 years old
* Clinical history and symptoms consistent with MRI-confirmed meniscus tear

Exclusion Criteria

* History of previous knee surgery
* Other knee ligament pathologies
* Neurological disorders
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Bezmialem Vakif University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Kübra Alpay

Lecturer of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Kubra Alpay, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Bezmialem Vakif University

Locations

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Bezmialem Vakif University

Istanbul, Eyup, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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Kubra Alpay, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+902124012600 ext. 4638

Facility Contacts

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Kubra Alpay

Role: primary

+902124012600 ext. 4638

Other Identifiers

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KA24-4

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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