TENS in Post-operative Total Knee Arthroplasty Recovery and Intra-venous Analgesics Requirement

University of Lahore

Status: Completed

Conditions: Total Knee Arthoplasty; Knee Pain

Treatments: Other: Routine Physical Therapy and Intra-venous analgesic regimen; Other: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation along with Routine Physical Therapy and Intra-venous analgesic regimen

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05470244

TKR

Details and patient eligibility

About

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is among the major advancements for the treatment of knee pain and improvement of physical function when conservative management fails to comply with. The success of this arthoplasty results in more functional mobility and better quality of life. However, management of pain after TKA in post-operative period is a big challenge to deal.

Full description

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation is a cost effective, non-invasive electrotherapeutic modality used in alleviating pain in both acute and chronic conditions affecting neuromusculoskeletal system of the body.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 31 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Both male and female
2. Aged between 31-70 years
3. Total Knee Arthoplasty, who had been diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis, trauma, fracture result in total knee arthoplasty.

Exclusion criteria

1. Any allergic condition of skin
2. Chronic consumption of opioids
3. History of dysplasia or malignancy to knee joint
4. Any major bone operation of lower limb
5. BMI higher than 35 kg m-2
6. History of mental disorder
7. Neurological illness e.g. Alzheimer which might interfere with assessment process.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Therapeutic Exercise Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group will receive Routine Physical therapy protocol along with prescribed intra-venous regimen.

Treatment:

Other: Routine Physical Therapy and Intra-venous analgesic regimen

TENS Plus Therapeutic Exercise Group

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive high frequency Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation with routine physical therapy and prescribed intra-venous regimen.

Treatment:

Other: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation along with Routine Physical Therapy and Intra-venous analgesic regimen