73
Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2016
Primary Completion Date
June 17, 2019
Study Completion Date
June 17, 2019
anti-gravity treadmill (alter G®)
Patients in the experimental arm will be treated with manual lymphatic drainage, cryotherapy and a fixed protocol of training in an anti-gravity treadmill (alter G®). The protocol is designed parallel to standard physiotherapy with a frequency of two to three times a week with duration of about 20 minutes for six weeks.
standardized physiotherapy
Patients in the control arm will be treated with manual lymphatic drainage, cryotherapy and 20 minutes of physiotherapy two to three times a week for six weeks. Physiotherapy will be done according to a standardized protocol.
University Leipzig, Clinic of Orthopedic, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, Leipzig
Klinikum St. Georg gGmbH, Leipzig
Ambulantes Reha Centrum Gruppe, Germany
UNKNOWN
Hospital St.Georg gGmbH; Clinic of Trauma, Orthopedic and septic Surgery, Leipzig, Germany
UNKNOWN
University of Leipzig
OTHER