ESCAPE ランダム化臨床試験: 早期手術と物理療法の膝機能に対する影響
Victor A van de Graaf1, Julia C A Noorduyn1, Nienke W Willigenburg1
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Joint Research, OLVG, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
JAMA
|October 5, 2018
まとめ
阻害性でない半径破裂の患者の膝の機能を改善するために,物理療法 (PT) は,関節顕微鏡部分半径切除術 (APM) と同様に効果的です. この研究は,PTは手術の有効な代替手段であり,24ヶ月で比較可能な結果を提供することを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 整形外科
- スポーツ医学
- リハビリテーション
背景:
- 骨髄膜切除術 (Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy,APM) は,骨髄膜の破裂に対して頻繁に行われますが,物理療法 (PT) よりも優れているとは言えません.
- 非外科的介入の有効性を,半月板の破裂に対する外科的処置と比較する必要がある.
研究 の 目的:
- 患者の報告した膝の機能の改善において,関節視部分髄膜切除術 (APM) に劣らない物理療法 (PT) を決定する.
- 膝の機能の評価を24ヶ月間,非阻害性髄膜破裂の患者で行う.
主な方法:
- 45歳から70歳までの非阻害性半月板破裂患者321人を対象とした多センターランダム化臨床試験です.
- 参加者は8週間にわたってAPMまたは16セッションのPTプロトコルに割り当てられました.
- 主要の結果は,国際膝の文書化委員会の主観的な膝のフォームを使用して24ヶ月間測定されました.
主要な成果:
- APMとPTの両グループは,膝の機能の改善を示しました. APMは26.2ポイント,PTは20.4ポイント改善しました.
- 物理療法 (PT) は,関節鏡による部分メニシェクトミー (APM) に劣らず,グループ間の差は3. 6ポイント (97. 5% CI, - ∞から6. 5; P=. 001) であった.
- APMグループでは,再手術や外科訪問を含む有害事象がわずかに高かった.
結論:
- 物理療法 (PT) は,非阻害性髄膜破裂の患者にとって,関節鏡による部分髄膜切除 (APM) に比べて劣らない治療法である.
- PTは手術の適切な代替手段と考えられ,24ヶ月のフォローアップで同様の機能的改善をもたらします.
- これらの発見は,非阻害性半球裂の管理のための保守的なアプローチを支持します.
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