Photobiomodulation Therapy in Patients Receiving Total Knee Arthroplasty

National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Inflammation; Osteoarthritis; Post Operative Pain

Treatments: Device: Photobiomodulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06426251

111-036-F

Details and patient eligibility

About

Photobiomdoulation is the use of near-infrared light to relieve pain, stimulate healing and reduce inflammation. Swelling and inflammation is a common condition after orthopedics surgeries over extremity and spine. This study aim to evaluate the effect of photobiomodulation over patients after Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Full description

Patients aged over 20 after Total Knee Arthroplasty in our institution would be candidate for recruitment. The patients will be randomized to receive routine post operative care or photobiomodulation therapy. The swelling extent and subjective outcome will be recorded.

Enrollment: 15 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• total knee arthroplasty

Exclusion criteria

• open injury
• pregnancy
• wound without primary closure
• infection
• previous surgery over surgical site
• skin defect

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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15 participants in 2 patient groups

intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

This group of patient will receive photobiomodulation pads on the part of surgical site and the machine will emit near-infrared light.

Treatment:

Device: Photobiomodulation

control group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

This group of patient will have photobiomodulation pads on the body surface as intervention group, but the machine will not emit near-infrared light.

Treatment:

Device: Photobiomodulation