The Effect of a Psychosensory Therapy

The Effect of a Psychosensory Therapy on Post-Op Pain in Hip and Knee Surgery: A Randomized Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02765932

Enrollment

Registered

2016-05-09

Start date

2016-06-30

Completion date

2018-03-05

Last updated

2018-10-22

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Conditions

Joint Replacement Surgery

Keywords

Hip, Knee, replacement, surgery

Brief summary

This is a prospective study looking at the impact of psychosensory therapy and how it can diminish pain and consumption of pain medications. The primary study objective is to evaluate the change in Visual Analogue Score (VAS) score assessing for pain from Baseline, every day of inpatient stay, 7 days after leaving hospital (via phone), and 3 months post-op(via phone) and to correlate the psychosensory therapy and overall use of pain medications/narcotics.

Detailed description

The study will aim to enroll 50 subjects. 25 subjects will receive placebo therapy which will be dummy movements while the other 25 will receive psychosensory therapy. The treatment group will involve a touch technique called havening.

Interventions

PROCEDUREDummy Movements

The placebo group will be asked to perform the same touch technique and count backwards from 50 while removing petals from a flower. Patients will also perform these techniques before rehab and sleep.

PROCEDUREPsychosensory Therapy

The research assistant will administer one of the several psychosensory touch techniques prior to surgery. This will involve the touching of upper arms, palms, and a visualization process. This will last no longer than 10 minutes. These techniques will also be performed by the patients prior to any rehab sessions and before going to sleep. The patients will be asked to perform these touch techniques with the eyes closed and imaging having no pain. The patients will also be asked to keep a record of all medications.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patient undergoing joint replacement surgery (Hip and Knee Only) * Patient is willing to participate in pre- and postoperative surveys

Exclusion criteria

* Patients who have undergone joint replacement surgeries * History of Chronic Narcotic Use (more than 30mg morphine dose)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change in pain from baseline using Visual Analogue Score (VAS)	Baseline and 7 Months	Measures level of Pain pre and post treatment.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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