Tracking recovery after arthroscopic shoulder and knee surgeries

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This single-center prospective cohort will follow patients scheduled for routine arthroscopic shoulder or knee procedures and collect detailed preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative data over two years. Standardized patient-reported outcome measures and clinical assessments will be collected at baseline and multiple postoperative time points, and discarded intraoperative tissues and residual blood will be stored in a biobank. Surgeons' intraoperative choices and objective tear morphology will be recorded to allow multivariable regression analyses identifying factors linked to better or worse outcomes. The registry approach aims to link surgical technique, patient baseline characteristics, and rehabilitation patterns with mid-to-long-term functional recovery and return-to-sport rates.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Age \>= 8 years.
* No gender restrictions.
* Definitive diagnosis of shoulder or knee sports injuries or related joint conditions.
* Scheduled to undergo elective, standard-of-care surgery at the study center (procedures include but are not limited to: arthroscopic meniscus repair/meniscectomy, cartilage repair, cruciate ligament reconstruction, high tibial osteotomy \[HTO\], unicompartmental knee arthroplasty \[UKA\], arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, shoulder stabilization, and shoulder arthroplasty).
* Clear consciousness, with the ability to read, understand, and communicate.
* Willing and able to comply with postoperative follow-up requirements.
* Voluntarily signed the written informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients requiring emergency surgery due to acute, severe trauma (e.g., open fractures, polytrauma).
* Coexisting severe neurological or psychiatric diseases, or cognitive impairment that prevents understanding of the informed consent or cooperation with follow-up.
* Patients in an involuntary state (e.g., under coercion).
* Refusal to sign the informed consent form or refusal to participate in the study.
* Currently participating in other interventional clinical trials that may confound or affect the clinical outcomes of this study.

Where it's running

• The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
  Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Weijun Li, Master — Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
• Study coordinator: Yan Xiong, Doctor
• Email: xiongyanbear@zju.edu.cn
• Phone: 0571-663553

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.