Clinical Trials

The purpose of this study is to quantify medial meniscal extrusion with and without a medial knee unloader brace using ultrasonography in patients with isolated medial knee pain.

The prevalence of chronic pain following total knee replacement has been under studied.  In recent years, the perioperative use of multimodal analgesic strategies including regional anesthetic techniques has substantially improved early postoperative pain management. However, it is not clear that these improvements in perioperative care have reduced the frequency of chronic pain post-total knee replacement.  This study will conduct a cross sectional study to determine the prevalence of chronic knee pain following total knee replacement up to 5 years postoperatively.  This study will also identify risk factors, such as smoking, depression, and pain problems elsewhere as predictors of chronic knee pain after knee ...

This study is being done to determine how well a needle can be placed into your knee joint with the use of an ultrasound machine for guidance and to find out if specific nerves can be reached with anesthetic or placebo to prevent the pain in the knee. We are interested if we can reach the specific nerve that will be anesthetized to prevent the pain.

The purpose of this study is to determine the incremental value of a “star” from the patient perspective when choosing a provider for total joint replacement.

The study aim is to conduct a clinical research investigation to compare two alignment techniques used in contemporary total knee arthroplasty by means of a prospective non-randomized clinical trial. The two alignment techniques are Kinematic Alignment (KA) and Mechanical Alignment (MA).

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the incidence of chronic knee pain at 6 months following primary total knee arthroplasty. Secondary outcomes include incidence of knee numbness, postoperative sensory loss or change at the knee, range of motion (ROM), resting pain with Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), quality of life measurement assessed by SF-36.

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of a Digital Home-Exercise Therapy Application (DETP) by conducting a randomized, controlled, non-inferiority study to compare the DETP to conventional physical therapy (PT).

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether ultrasound can detect medial meniscal extrusion more frequently than MRI.

The overall goal of this study is to develop regenerative cell therapy for use in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). The primary objective of this proposal is to conduct a pilot study that assesses the safety and feasibility of using concentrated bone marrow aspirate containing MSC to treat patients with painful knee OA.

The purpose of this study is to compare the use of ultrasound guidance and nerve stimulator guidance with a popliteal (knee) nerve block for postoperative pain control.

The purpose of this study is to compare two methods of postoperative pain management for patients who have undergone total knee replacement surgery.

This confirmatory study is a prospective randomized trial comparing the efficacy and safety of an autologous chondrocyte tissue implant (NeoCart) to the surgical intervention microfracture in the treatment of cartilage defects in the knee.

The purposes of this study are to determine:  the risk of cardiomyopathy and heart failure, and cardiac structure and function in patients with THA and TKA. This study will also determine the association between serum and/or synovial fluid metal ion levels with cardiac structure and function in 100 prospectively-recruited THA and TJA patients.

The goals of this continuation of MeTeOR are to determine: a) whether the greater structural damage observed at five years in subjects treated with APM persists over 12 years; and b) whether structural changes observed in the first five years are associated with worse pain and function and greater TKR utilization at 12 years. We propose the following aims:

1. Conduct a 12-year follow-up visit of MeTeOR subjects to characterize the extent of cartilage damage over 12 years and identify factors associated with OA progression. MeTeOR participants will complete questionnaires and performance tests and undergo MRI and radiographs 12 years ...

This is a prospective, randomized, multicenter comparison study examining the outcomes of subjects with osteoarthritis and knee pain undergoing a procedure to create a radiofrequency lesion of the genicular nerves with the Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation (CRFA) system compared to subjects receiving Hyaluronic Acid (HA). Approximately 168 subjects will be enrolled into this study, with subjects undergoing either CRFA or HA injection in a 1:1 randomization scheme. Follow-up will be conducted for 12 months post-CRFA, with the primary endpoint being completed at month 6. Subjects randomized to the comparison (HA) group will have the option to cross-over to the neurotomy group ...

The purpose of this study is to conduct a comprehensive clinical and biomechanical screening of high school, collegiate-level, recreational, and Olympic/professional-level athletes with the goal of identifying individual functional and performance deficits that lead to future injury.

This study aims to compare postoperative pain levels between three (3) treatment groups, using the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS).