Prediction of Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Prospective Descriptive Study of Nociceptive and Psychological Prediction of Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02254499

Enrollment

Registered

2014-10-02

Start date

2014-09-30

Completion date

2015-09-30

Last updated

2015-09-23

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Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

Brief summary

Despite improvements in treatment, a significant part of patients have severe pain following knee arthroplasty. Preoperative identification of high-risk patients would allow for an intensive individualized analgesic treatment pre- and postoperatively and thus potentially in reduced pain acute and chronically.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

50 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* primary unilateral TKA * caucasian * 50 - 80 years * osteoarthritis

Exclusion criteria

* deficient written or spoken danish * impairment from psychological og neurological disease * expected discharged to rehabilitation facility * anticoagulant therapy * allergies to analgesic treatment * hypertension (systolic \> 160 / diastolic \> 100) * ASA class ≥ 4

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pain	24 hours postoperatively	Pain intensity on a NRS from 0 to 10 upon ambulation 24 hours following surgery

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pain	48 hours postoperatively	Pain intensity on a NRS (numeric rank scale) from 0 to 10 upon ambulation 48 hours following surgery

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results