Knee Joint Icing and Knee-extension Strength (IS)

Hvidovre University Hospital

Status and phase: Terminated; Phase 1

Conditions: Arthroplasty

Treatments: Other: Thermotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01249612

(H-A-2008-063, nr. 24100

TKA-BH3 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

With this study the investigators wish to (1) investigate the acute effect of knee joint icing on knee-extension strength shortly after total knee arthroplasty (TKA); and (2) investigate the acute effect of knee joint icing on knee pain, knee joint circumference and functional performance shortly after TKA.

Full description

As knee joint icing had no acute effect on knee-extension strength in the present study, prolonged icing may have an effect on one or more of the parameters, and further studies are needed to determine the potential beneficial effects of cooling after TKA.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty

Exclusion criteria

• inability to speak and understand Danish
• inability to perform the measurements due to other diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Control treatment

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Elbow joint icing using two plastic bags with crushed ice

Treatment:

Other: Thermotherapy

Other: Thermotherapy

Active treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Knee joint icing using two plastic bags with crushed ice

Treatment:

Other: Thermotherapy

Other: Thermotherapy