Chronic pain after total knee replacement. Other chronic postprocedural pain
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group: 24 hours after the genicular block test, pulsed radiofrequency with a temperature of 42 ° C is performed for 120 seconds in each of the supermedial, supralitral and infromedial sur
Sponsors
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients older than 40 years Patients with history of total knee replacement The pain of knee for more than three months Signed written informed consent to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with a history of lower limb contracture Neuromuscular disease of the lower extremities Acute lumbosacral pathology Injection of steroid drugs over the past two months History of pulsed radiofrequency therapy during the last 12 months Infection Diabetes Pregnancy Breast feeding Body Mass Index >35 kg/m2 Existence of radicular pain in the knee History of taking anticoagulants Systemic or psychiatric illness
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain Level by visual analog scale. Timepoint: Before treatment, one week, one month and three months after treatment. Method of measurement: Visual analog scale (VAS) (0 None; 1-3 Mild; 4-7 Moderate; 8-10 Severe).;Knee function by Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score. Timepoint: Before treatment and three months after treatment. Method of measurement: Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactMasoud Hashemi MD
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed