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A non-invasive, home-based biomechanical therapy for patients with spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee
BACKGROUND: The purpose of the current study was to examine the effect of a non-invasive, home-based biomechanical treatment program for patients with spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee (SONK). METHODS: Seventeen patients with SONK, confirmed by MRI, participated in this retrospective analysis. P...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5109820/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27842560 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-016-0472-0 |
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author | Atoun, Ehud Mor, Amit Segal, Ganit Debi, Ronen Grinberg, Dan Benedict, Yeshaiau Rozen, Nimrod Beer, Yiftah Elbaz, Avi |
author_facet | Atoun, Ehud Mor, Amit Segal, Ganit Debi, Ronen Grinberg, Dan Benedict, Yeshaiau Rozen, Nimrod Beer, Yiftah Elbaz, Avi |
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description | BACKGROUND: The purpose of the current study was to examine the effect of a non-invasive, home-based biomechanical treatment program for patients with spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee (SONK). METHODS: Seventeen patients with SONK, confirmed by MRI, participated in this retrospective analysis. Patients underwent a spatiotemporal gait analysis and completed the Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and the Short-Form-36 (SF-36). Following an initial assessment, patients commenced the biomechanical treatment (AposTherapy). All patients were reassessed after 3 and 6 months of treatment. RESULTS: A significant reduction in pain and improvement in function was seen after 3 months of therapy with additional improvement after 6 months of therapy. Pain was reduced by 53% and functional limitation reduced by 43%. Furthermore, a significant improvement was also found in the SF-36 subscales, including the summary of physical and mental scores. Significant improvements were found in most of the gait parameters including a 41% increase in gait velocity and a 22% increase in step length. Patients also demonstrated improvement in limb symmetry, especially by increasing the single limb support of the involved limb. CONCLUSIONS: Applying this therapy allowed patients to be active, while walking more symmetrically and with less pain. With time, the natural course of the disease alongside the activity of the patients with the unique biomechanical device led to a significant reduction in pain and improved gait patterns. Therefore, we believe AposTherapy should be considered as a treatment option for patients with SONK. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Assaf Harofeh Medical Center Institutional Helsinki Committee Registry, 141/08; ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00767780. |
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spelling | pubmed-51098202016-11-25 A non-invasive, home-based biomechanical therapy for patients with spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee Atoun, Ehud Mor, Amit Segal, Ganit Debi, Ronen Grinberg, Dan Benedict, Yeshaiau Rozen, Nimrod Beer, Yiftah Elbaz, Avi J Orthop Surg Res Research Article BACKGROUND: The purpose of the current study was to examine the effect of a non-invasive, home-based biomechanical treatment program for patients with spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee (SONK). METHODS: Seventeen patients with SONK, confirmed by MRI, participated in this retrospective analysis. Patients underwent a spatiotemporal gait analysis and completed the Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and the Short-Form-36 (SF-36). Following an initial assessment, patients commenced the biomechanical treatment (AposTherapy). All patients were reassessed after 3 and 6 months of treatment. RESULTS: A significant reduction in pain and improvement in function was seen after 3 months of therapy with additional improvement after 6 months of therapy. Pain was reduced by 53% and functional limitation reduced by 43%. Furthermore, a significant improvement was also found in the SF-36 subscales, including the summary of physical and mental scores. Significant improvements were found in most of the gait parameters including a 41% increase in gait velocity and a 22% increase in step length. Patients also demonstrated improvement in limb symmetry, especially by increasing the single limb support of the involved limb. CONCLUSIONS: Applying this therapy allowed patients to be active, while walking more symmetrically and with less pain. With time, the natural course of the disease alongside the activity of the patients with the unique biomechanical device led to a significant reduction in pain and improved gait patterns. Therefore, we believe AposTherapy should be considered as a treatment option for patients with SONK. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Assaf Harofeh Medical Center Institutional Helsinki Committee Registry, 141/08; ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00767780. BioMed Central 2016-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5109820/ /pubmed/27842560 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-016-0472-0 Text en © The Author(s). 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Atoun, Ehud Mor, Amit Segal, Ganit Debi, Ronen Grinberg, Dan Benedict, Yeshaiau Rozen, Nimrod Beer, Yiftah Elbaz, Avi A non-invasive, home-based biomechanical therapy for patients with spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee |
title | A non-invasive, home-based biomechanical therapy for patients with spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee |
title_full | A non-invasive, home-based biomechanical therapy for patients with spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee |
title_fullStr | A non-invasive, home-based biomechanical therapy for patients with spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee |
title_full_unstemmed | A non-invasive, home-based biomechanical therapy for patients with spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee |
title_short | A non-invasive, home-based biomechanical therapy for patients with spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee |
title_sort | non-invasive, home-based biomechanical therapy for patients with spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5109820/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27842560 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-016-0472-0 |
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