Early Weight Bearing After Open Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy (OWHTO), Is it Worth?
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Assiut University
- Where
- Egypt1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- People taking part
- 72 people enrolled
- Started
- 8 Mar 2024
- Ended
- 8 Jun 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Early weight bearing post operative
- Non weight bearing Post-operative
- Record updated
- 13 May 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 15 years to 60 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Can take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age from 15 to 60 years old
- Medial compartmental knee OA
- With or without medial meniscal injury
- With or without Cartilage defect
- Genu varus from 5-15 degrees
- Flexion deformity < 10 degree
Who cannot take part
- Older than 50 years old and younger than 15 years old
- Multiligament injury
- Lateral compartmental knee OA > GII
- Genu varus < 5 or > 15 degree
- Flexion deformity > 10 degree
- Associated ligamentous reconstruction
- Revision HTO
- Meniscal root repair
- Lateral meniscal injury
- Mal-united Fr. Tibial plateau
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The aim of our study is to evaluate the effect of early weight bearing after OWHTO on pain, function and return to normal lifestyle activity.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Early weight bearing groupTreatment being tested
this group underwent High tibial osteotomy and started early partial weight bearing post-operative at week 2 using crutches. Quadriceps strengthening exercises, continues flexion and extension of the knee were added also to this protocol of post-operative rehabilitation.
Treatment: Early weight bearing post operative
- Non weight bearing groupExisting treatment, for comparison
this group underwent High tibial osteotomy and started weight bearing post-operative at week 6. Quadriceps strengthening exercises, continues flexion and extension of the knee were added also to this protocol of post-operative rehabilitation. this is a control group
Treatment: Non weight bearing Post-operative
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Record updated
- 13 May 2026