Persistent postoperative pain M17 R52
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Patients with osteoarthritis of the knee who were scheduled for total knee replacement will be invited to participate at a praeoperative screening using the questionnaires Western Ontario and
Sponsors
Technische Universität München
Fakultät für Sport- und Gesundheitswissenschaften
Fachbereich Konservative und Rehabilitative Orthopädie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with osteoarthritis of the knee who were scheduled for primary total knee replacement and signed the written informed consent will be included in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria were neurological diseases, severe internal (e.g. chron. kidney diseases or diabetic neuropathy) or psychological (e.g. schizophrenia or major depression) diseases, unicondylar knee arthroplasty and previous knee surgery in the last two years (except arthroscopy). Patients with chronic pain using opioids will be excluded as well.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The project aims to evaluate a new screening procedure to identify patients at risk for chronic pain following total knee replacement at a preoperative state by using a multifactorial approach of dynamic psychophysical tests combined with measuring of vegetative function and evaluation of affective and cognitive dysregulation. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactTanja Bossmann
Technische Universität München Fakultät für Sport- und Gesundheitswissenschaften Fachbereich Konservative und Rehabilitative Orthopädie TUM Campus D, Raum M409
Outcome results
None listed