N/A
N=30
Simulation-based Arthroscopic Surgery Study
Arthroscopy Training
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02777333 ↗Enrolled (actual)
30
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jun 2021
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Hand Movements Required by Participants to Perform a Diagnostic Arthroscopy of the Knee in Theatre — 544; 893 hand movements
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Simulation training (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
- Primary completion
- Jul 2017
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Number of Hand Movements Required by Participants to Perform a Diagnostic Arthroscopy of the Knee in Theatre |
544; 893 | — |
| SECONDARY Smoothness of Hand Movements by Participants to Perform a Diagnostic Arthroscopy of the Knee in Theatre |
25,842; 36,846 | — |
| SECONDARY Time Taken by Participants to Perform a Diagnostic Arthroscopy of the Knee in Theatre |
320; 573 | — |
| SECONDARY Minor Hand Movements Required by Participants to Perform a Diagnostic Arthroscopy of the Knee in Theatre |
176; 435 | — |
| SECONDARY Stationary Time of Participants to Perform a Diagnostic Arthroscopy of the Knee in Theatre |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Idle Time of Participants to Perform a Diagnostic Arthroscopy of the Knee in Theatre |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Dominance of Participants to Perform a Diagnostic Arthroscopy of the Knee in Theatre |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Global Rating Scale Performance During Diagnostic Knee Arthroscopy in Theatre |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Deviation From 'Idealised' Motion Parameters for Participants to Perform a Diagnostic Arthroscopy of the Knee in Theatre |
1.9; 3.3; 3.8; 10.3; 1.2; 2.6 | — |
| SECONDARY Motion Analysis Parameters During Simulation |
131; 249 | — |
| SECONDARY Resting State Network Functional Changes on fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Voxel Based Morphometry Structural Changes on fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Diffusion Tractography Structural Changes on fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Quantitative Magnetisation Transfer Structural Changes on fMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Feasibility of Additional Simulation Training |
— | — |
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether simulation training improves the performance during arthroscopic surgery ('keyhole' surgery into a joint).
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.
- Healthy adults, Male or Female, aged 18 years or above.
- Enrolled in Health Education Thames Valley/Oxford Deanery Training Programme in junior surgical training posts
Exclusion Criteria
- Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent
- Previously completed higher surgical training programme
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02777333). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.