CORKA Community Based Rehabilitation after Knee Arthroplasty
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Community based Rehabilitation after Knee Arthroplasty(CORKA). A prospective individually randomised two arm randomised controlled trial.
IRAS ID
164489
Contact name
Karen Barker
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Clinical Trials and Research Governance - University of Oxford
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 10 months, 3 days
Research summary
The existing literature demonstrates that predicting who will do well after knee replacement is a complex construct and not a simplistic linear relationship between factors such as age or pre-surgical function. A number of studies have investigated the influence of preoperative predictors on postoperative outcome of knee replacement. However, no screening algorithm that can accurately identify and predict who is at a risk of poor postoperative outcome associated with rehabilitation is currently in existence. The CORKA study will investigate the effect of a multicomponent community based rehabilitation programme on patients that are at risk of a poor outcome after knee replacement surgery identified by a screening algorithm.
Once the patient has had knee surgery they will be re-checked for eligibility and re-confirm consent. They will then be randomised to one of two groups, either Usual care or a Community Rehabilitation programme led by rehabilitation assistants.
The study design is a prospective individually randomised controlled trial with blinded outcome assessment at baseline, 6 and 12 months. It will also include a qualitative study to ask participants and staff their views and experiences of the study and a health economic analysis that will be collected from Participant diaries and questionnaires at the 3 time points.
The study will be funded by the NIHR technology assessment Programme and will be running at a minimum of 10 sites throughout England.REC name
South Central - Oxford B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/SC/0019
Date of REC Opinion
14 Feb 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion