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Manual Lymphatic Drainage Before and After Total Knee Replacement, a Single-center Observer-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

M

Moritz Wagner

Status

Completed

Conditions

Rehabilitation
MLD
Manual Lymphatic Drainage
Knee Osteoarthritis
Total Knee Arthroplasty

Treatments

Procedure: Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05119764
1466/2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this observer-blinded randomized controlled trial is the evaluation of the influence of manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) on the outcome of patients receiving total knee replacement (TKA).

Enrollment

112 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)

Exclusion criteria

  • Venous insufficiency
  • BMI > 38
  • Vascular disease

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

112 participants in 3 patient groups

Control Group
No Intervention group
Description:
Standard pre- and postoperative physical therapy without manual lymphatic drainage.
Manual lymphatic drainage before and after knee replacement
Experimental group
Description:
Manual lymphatic drainage before and after knee replacement
Treatment:
Procedure: Manual Lymphatic Drainage
Manual lymphatic drainage after knee replacement
Experimental group
Description:
Manual lymphatic drainage after knee replacement
Treatment:
Procedure: Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Trial contacts and locations

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