Total Knee Replacement
Conditions
Keywords
exercise induced analgesia
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to examine the immediate effect of aerobic exercise effort on clinical and experimental pain, knee active range of motion and function in people after total knee replacement.
Detailed description
Total knee replacement is a prevalent orthopedic elective surgery in the Western world. After surgery, especially in the first two weeks, patients suffer from high degrees of pain that may lead to delayed recovery, increased risk to chronic pain and pain comorbidities, and may harm the knee function. In purpose to alleviate the pain, most patients tend to passive coping strategies which include the use of high levels of analgesics, including steroids, which may have accompanying side effects. Aerobic activity is found to have a beneficial effect on pain threshold and pain tolerance in healthy subjects and in chronic pain syndromes. Researches indicate that single bout of aerobic effort increase pain threshold and pain tolerance and decrease pain severity for 15-30 minutes. Until now, the effect of a one-time aerobic effort has not been tested on subjects suffering from acute pain following surgical intervention. This trail will examine the immediate effect of single aerobic effort on clinical and experimental pain, active knee range of motion and function among people with acute pain after total knee replacement. 40 subjects undergoing total knee replacement at the medical Center for Galilee as a result of Osteoarthritis in one of they knee, will be recruited to the study. The study will take place during the hospitalization in the 5th and 6th days after surgery. In those 2 days the subjects will participate in two meetings: in one session, the participants will be asked to perform active pedaling for 20 minutes in their upper limbs of a pulse that will be calculated approximately 60% of their maximum predictive pulse. in the second meeting the participants will perform passive training with their upper limbs for the same duration. The order of interventions will be randomly determined. Before and after the intervention, it will be examined by pain measures (pressure pain threshold, spontaneous pain perception and arousal pain by the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scale), at rest, in a sitting-standing-sitting transfers, while carrying an equal weight on both feet and while walking. the active range of motion of the operated knee, and functional measures - 10 Meters walk Test and Timed Up and Go test.
Interventions
PROCEDUREaerobic effort
Active upper limbs pedaling while maintaining a pulse calculated to be approximately 60% of the predicted maximum heart rate of each patient for 20 minutes.
OTHERpassive pedaling
20 minutes passive pedaling by upper limbs.
Sponsors
Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya
University of Haifa
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Candidates for unilateral total knee replacement surgery in the Department of Orthopedics 'A, at f the Galilee Medical Center. * 18 years and older. * Diagnosed with osteoarthritis. * Consent to participate in the trial. * Understand simple instructions. * Capable of walking with walking aid independently or supervised. * Allowed to perform medium-intensity aerobic exercise to-60% of their predicted maximum pulse.
Exclusion criteria
\* Individuals who have a physical limitation preventing them from performing active pedaling in upper limbs for 20 minutes.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pressure Pain Threshold (PPT) | Change from Baseline PPT will be assessed right after the intervention | PPT examination by designated device |
| Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) | Change from Baseline VAS will be assessed right after the intervention | 100mm VAS -A vertical VAS ruler with a slider indicator and a scale of 0-100 mm on the ruler's front side was used. the lower edge marked 0 and the upper edge marked 100. The back side of the ruler included a happy face figure at the lower edge representing no pain and a sad face at the upper edge representing severe pain. Higher VAS scores equal more pain. |
| 10 Meter Walk Test | Change from 10 meter walk test baseline outcome will be assessed right after the intervention | timed 10 meter walk test |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Knee Active Range of Motion (aROM) | Change in aROM baseline will be assessed right after the intervention | Goniometer measure |
| Timed Up and Go (TUG) | Change from TUG test outcome will be assessed right after the intervention | Timed Up and Go test |
Countries
Israel
Contacts
Primary ContactNoa Katz-Betzalel
Backup ContactEinat Kodesh, PhD
Outcome results
None listed