Video-Based Education Versus In-Person Education in Patients Undergoing Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy

NCT07358325 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: CLF23/05
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 166
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The primary aim of the study is to investigate whether video-based education and exercise-program is non-inferior to in-person instructions in improving pain-related self-efficacy in patients undergoing arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in a day-hospital setting. Secondary aims are to explore the potential superiority of the video-based program compared to in-person instructions in reducing disability and kinesiophobia in the same patient population.

Conditions

Partial Meniscectomy; Knee Arthroscopic Surgery

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ)

  The PSEQ assesses patients' confidence in performing daily activities despite pain, with score ranging from 0 to 60 and higher scores indicating greater pain-related self-efficacy.

  From enrolment to the 6 weeks after surgery

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)

  From enrolment to the 3 weeks after surgery

• Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK)

  From enrolment to the 3 weeks after surgery

• Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)

  From enrolment to the 6 weeks after surgery

• Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK)

  From enrolment to the 6 weeks after surgery

• Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ)

  From enrolment to the 3 weeks after surgery

Study Arms (2)

Video-based group

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects assigned to this group will be asked to watch educational video within 5 days before surgery and to performe exercises shown in the video during the 2 weeks after surgery.

Behavioral: Video-based education

Control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Subjects assigned to this group will be instructed in-person by a physiotherapist on educational advice and exercises to perform during the 2 weeks after surgery.

Behavioral: Usual Care

Interventions

Video-based education BEHAVIORAL

The video-based education was sent to patients within 5-day before surgery and consists of instructions to follow after surgery on wight-baring on the operated limb, advice to reduce swelling and movements tallowed to be performed. Exercises to perform in the 2 weeks after surgery are shown.

Video-based group

Usual Care BEHAVIORAL

Immediately after the surgery in day-hospital setting, a physiotherapist provided in-person instructions to patients assigned to control group. Instructions consists of the same educational content of the video-based group and the same exercises to perform in 2-weeks after surgery are shown and provided on a written spreadsheet.

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients scheduled for arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (medial or lateral meniscus) performed in a day-hospital setting.
• Traumatic or degenerative meniscal tears.
• Treatment at the Hip and Knee Orthopedic Unit of the Humanitas Clinical Institute.
• Age ≥ 18 years.
• Access to adequate video support.
• Sufficient proficiency in the Italian language.

You may not qualify if:

• Previous surgery on either knee within the past 5 years.
• Significant postoperative hematoma requiring aspiration.
• Neurological conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
• Musculoskeletal conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
• Rheumatologic conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
• Internal medicine conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
• Oncological conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
• Cognitive or psychiatric disorders (Mini-Mental State Examination ≤ 21).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istituto Clinico Humanitas: lead

Study Sites (1)

Istituto Clinico Humanitas

Rozzano, Milan, Italy, 20089, Italy

Location

Central Study Contacts

Roberto Gatti

CONTACT

+390282245610; roberto.gatti@hunimed.eu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 13, 2026
• First Posted: January 22, 2026
• Study Start: January 19, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2026
• Last Updated: February 5, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

IT (1)