Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 1:05 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 1:05 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00967161
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* 40 patients between the ages of 50 and 75 yrs undergoing unilateral total knee replacement for non-inflammatory degenerative osteoarthritis will participate, as well as 10 control participants will be recruited from the general population for the present study matching to experimental groups for age, gender and BMI.Patients who do not meet any exclusion criteria.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Potential participants for the control group will be asked if they have had degenerative osteoarthritis of lower-limb joints (hip, knee and ankle) and if they have they will be excluded.
Exclusion for patient group
1. Patients suffering from any other lower-limb joint disorders other than the one for which total knee arthroplasty.
2. Patients with any other joint replacement in the ipsilateral and contralateral limb.
3. Patients with evidence of active infection.
4. Patients with neurologic or musculoskeletal disease that may adversely affect gait, weight-bearing or quadriceps function.
5. Patients with neuropathic joints.
6. Patients requiring structural bone grafts.
7. Patients with a documented allergy to cobalt chromium molybdenum.
8. Patient with a BMI larger than 30 kg/m2.
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
50 Years
Maximum Age:
75 Years
Study:
NCT00967161
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00967161