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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN74347161
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Why do many patients with unicompartmental knee replacements have difficulty kneeling after surgery?
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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N0176127672
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Study hypothesis
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What is the patients' perception of the barrier to kneeling post operatively? Is there a relationship between the scar position and kneeling ability? What anatomical structure is knelt on post operatively? Can a one-off physiotherapy intervention improve patients' kneeling ability?
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Surgery: Knee replacement
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Not provided at time of registration
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Not provided at time of registration
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Anticipated start date
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01/09/2003
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Anticipated end date
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31/08/2005
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Status of trial
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Completed
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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50 patients
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Interventions
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Post operative follow up patients who agree to take part within the study will complete a questionnaire about kneeling at 6 weeks post op and 12 months post op.
Half will receive the intervention at 6 weeks. The intervention is advice on kneeling techniques.
The other half will receive the intervention at 12 months and the results will be compared.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Change in kneeling questionnaire and in Oxford knee score.
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Sources of funding
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Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
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Trial website
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Publications
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Contact name
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Dr
Karen
Barker
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Address
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Physiotherapy Dept
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
Windmill Road
Headington
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City/town
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Oxford
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Zip/Postcode
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OX3 7LD
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)1865 227662
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Email
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karen.barker@noc.anglox.nhs.uk
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Sponsor
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Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2004 Update - Department of Health (UK)
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Address
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The Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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SW1A 2NL
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)20 7307 2622
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Email
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dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
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Date applied
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30/09/2004
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Last edited
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02/07/2008
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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30/09/2004
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