Post-Operative Rehabilitation of Knee Osteochondral Defect: A Case Series

Examination and Post-operative Rehabilitation of University Athletes With Osteochondral Lesions of the Knee: A Case Series Report

A case-series review was performed on five collegiate athletes with osteochondral lesions of the knee at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). All subjects received surgical intervention to treat the defect. The surgeries performed were either an Osteoarticular Transfer System (OATS) procedure and/or a Microfracturing procedure. Subjects were treated post-operatively by the CSUN team physical therapist and/or athletic trainers at CSUN. This paper seeks to provide information about osteochondral defects of the knee, the surgical interventions, and a protocol for post-operative treatment and rehabilitation of such injuries.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Osteochondritis Dissecans; Osteochondral Defect

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 5

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Northridge, California, United States, 91330
      • California State University, Northridge

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: ADULT; OLDER_ADULT; CHILD
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The subjects were recruited from a population of student athletes at California State University, Northridge. These athletes were being treated by the Physical Therapy and/or Athletic Training Departments for Osteochondral Defect of the knee.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Student athlete at CSUN
• Diagnosed with Osteochondral dissecans (OCD)
• Underwent surgical procedure to treat OCD
• Treated postoperatively by the team physical therapist and/or athletic trainers at CSUN.

Exclusion Criteria:

- No concurrent ligamentous injures to the knee during the time of subject participation in the study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Level of Function	Determined by subject's ability to return to play of his/her respective sport	Through study completion; an average of 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pain	Pain as measured by the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), 0 (No pain) - 10 (Severe Pain)	Monthly until the completion of the study; an average of 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: California State University, Northridge
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Aimie Kachingwe, PT, DPT, EdD, OCS, FAAOMPT, CSUN Physical Therapy Department

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): January 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): November 1, 2018
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): November 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 9, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 28, 2018
• First Posted (ACTUAL): March 2, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): February 11, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 7, 2019
• Last Verified: February 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Musculoskeletal Diseases; Connective Tissue Diseases; Bone Diseases; Cartilage Diseases; Osteochondrosis; Osteochondritis; Osteochondritis Dissecans
• Other Study ID Numbers: IRB-FY18-11

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No