Postoperatively Treated Patients With Lower Limb Fracture With or Without an Anti-gravity Treadmill

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

73

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2016

Primary Completion Date

June 17, 2019

Study Completion Date

June 17, 2019

Conditions
Muscle Degeneration
Interventions
OTHER

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.

OTHER

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.

Trial Locations (2)

04103

University Leipzig, Clinic of Orthopedic, Trauma and Plastic Surgery, Leipzig

04129

Klinikum St. Georg gGmbH, Leipzig

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Ambulantes Reha Centrum Gruppe, Germany

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Hospital St.Georg gGmbH; Clinic of Trauma, Orthopedic and septic Surgery, Leipzig, Germany

UNKNOWN

lead

University of Leipzig

OTHER

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