Adjustable weight-bearing rehabilitation brace
Adjustable weight-bearing rehabilitation brace has been studied in 1 paper since 2020: 1 trial in people. The newest paper, Apr 25, 2020: “A new type of adjustable weight bearing rehabilitation brace for lower limbs in postoperative rehabilitation of proximal femoral nail anti-rotation”.
1 paper studies it5 findingsUpdated
“The VAS score at 1, 3, 6 months after operation of brace rehabilitation group was lower than that of routine rehabilitation group(P<0.05).”
None of its findings points the other way.
- 1 lab in 1 country
- Human trial1
Studies in people
1 study gave adjustable weight-bearing rehabilitation brace to people and measured what changed.
down: Decreases postoperative pain
up: Increases affected-limb weight-bearing
down: Decreases clinical fracture healing time
Trial62 peopleBothRoutine rehabilitation group: 70.73±6.09 years; brace rehabilitation group: 71.25±6.60 years1, 3, and 6 months after surgery
Older adults; intertrochanteric femoral fracture after PFNA internal fixation
Zhongguo gu shang = China journal of orthopaedics and traumatology, Apr 25, 2020
What did studies of Adjustable weight-bearing rehabilitation brace find?
5Studies of Adjustable weight-bearing rehabilitation brace measured 5 outcomes; the most studied are postoperative complications (1 study), hip joint function (1) and clinical fracture healing time (1).
Postoperative complications
downin humans1
1 study
Postoperative complications
downin humans1
Adjustable weight-bearing rehabilitation brace decreases postoperative complications in humans.
“The incidence of complications was lower than that of the conventional rehabilitation group(P=0.048).”
Human trialintertrochanteric femoral fracture after PFNA internal fixation; compared with routine rehabilitation
Zhongguo gu shang = China journal of orthopaedics and traumatology
Hip joint function
upin humans1
1 study
Hip joint function
upin humans1
Adjustable weight-bearing rehabilitation brace improves hip joint function in humans.
“the Harris score of the postoperativebrace rehabilitation group was better than that of the conventional rehabilitation group(P<0.05).”
Human trialintertrochanteric femoral fracture after PFNA internal fixation; compared with routine rehabilitationhip joint
Zhongguo gu shang = China journal of orthopaedics and traumatology
Clinical fracture healing time
downin humans1
1 study
Clinical fracture healing time
downin humans1
Adjustable weight-bearing rehabilitation brace decreases clinical fracture healing time in humans.
“the clinical healing time of fracture in the brace rehabilitation group was shorter than that in the routine rehabilitation group(P<0.05).”
Human trialintertrochanteric femoral fracture after PFNA internal fixation; compared with routine rehabilitationfemur
Zhongguo gu shang = China journal of orthopaedics and traumatology
Affected-limb weight-bearing
upin humans1
1 study
Affected-limb weight-bearing
upin humans1
Adjustable weight-bearing rehabilitation brace increases affected-limb weight-bearing in humans.
“The weight bearing of the limbs in the rehabilitation group was significantly higher than that in the conventional rehabilitation group(P<0.05)”
Human trialintertrochanteric femoral fracture after PFNA internal fixation; compared with routine rehabilitationlower limb
Zhongguo gu shang = China journal of orthopaedics and traumatology
Postoperative pain
downin humans1
1 study
Postoperative pain
downin humans1
Adjustable weight-bearing rehabilitation brace decreases postoperative pain in humans.
“The VAS score at 1, 3, 6 months after operation of brace rehabilitation group was lower than that of routine rehabilitation group(P<0.05).”
Human trialintertrochanteric femoral fracture after PFNA internal fixation; compared with routine rehabilitation1, 3, and 6 months after surgery
Zhongguo gu shang = China journal of orthopaedics and traumatology