Preoperative Perturbation Training to Prevent Falls After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about preventing falls in people who have total knee replacement surgery using treadmill perturbation training. Perturbation training involves adjusting to rapid speed changes on a treadmill. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does perturbation training improve the way that people who are planning to have total knee replacement surgery recover after treadmill test that reproduces a trip to the front or side? * Does perturbation training reduce the incidence of preventable gait-related falls during the first year after total knee replacement? Participants will: * complete surveys about their condition and fall history and take part in testing of walking ability and balance. * have a baseline gait analysis test to measure the motion of their body during normal walking. * Be randomized into two groups. One will receive fall-prevention literature. The other will receive the same literature and then take part in a two-week treadmill perturbation training program. * be contacted every two weeks for one year, and asked questions about whether they have fallen during that time. * wear a Fitbit activity monitor on their wrist for one year. Researchers will compare the number of falls from the group that only received literature to the treatment group to see if the training group has fewer falls during the year after surgery.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Diagnosis of endstage knee osteoarthritis requiring total knee arthroplasty (TKA). TKA scheduled within two months and able to schedule the required training visits prior to surgery.

Locations
United States
Illinois
Biomechanics and Clinical Outcomes Laboratory, University of Illinois Chicago
RECRUITING
Chicago
Contact Information
Primary
Study Coordinator
biomechtrials@uic.edu
312-413-9432
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-07-31
Estimated Completion Date: 2029-04
Participants
Target number of participants: 378
Treatments
Experimental: Training Group
The intervention consists of disturbances delivered on a treadmill that simulates tripping over an obstacle or being perturbed to the side.
Active_comparator: Education Group
This group will receive educational materials related to fall prevention in older adults.
Sponsors
Leads: University of Illinois at Chicago
Collaborators: National Institute on Aging (NIA)

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