Efficacy of a Modified Obturator Nerve Block Technique

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01875289

Enrollment

Registered

2013-06-11

Start date

2013-07-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2014-03-21

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Conditions

Hip Surgery, Knee Surgery

Brief summary

Efficacy of a modified obturator nerve block technique by using only a single morphological landmark, a double-blinded randomised pilot study.

Interventions

PROCEDUREobturator nerve block

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* American Society of Anesthesiologists 1-3, older than 18 y, cooperative patient

Exclusion criteria

* infection, neuromuscular deficits of the lower extremities,pregnancy, neurologic disease

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Adductor strengths	pre operative, 30 minutes before start surgery	Adductor muscle strength is measured with a sphygmomanometer. Patients are instructed to squeeze a blod pressure cuff, already inflated to 40 mm Hg, between their extended knees. The maximal sustained pressure is taken as the baseline adductor strength.

Countries

Austria

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026