The Clinical Observation on Taping After Total Knee Replacement (taping)

Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Total Knee Replacement

Treatments: Other: the Nine Castle Net Format Taping; Other: traditional rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03340584

2017PT1025

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators will conduct a single-blind, randomized controlled trial of 100 patients with total knee replacement. Patients will be randomly assigned into a control group and an intervention group.Both groups received same rehabilitation procedures after surgery,except intervention group also received taping applications throughout all rehabilitation period.Then, the patients will be reevaluated to determine changes in lower extremity function, edema, pain,knee range of motion, and muscle strength of quadriceps femoris and hamstring.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. soft-tissue swelling and pain after total knee replacement
2. agree to participate the study and signing of informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. severe cognitive and language barriers that can not be used to evaluate patients with pain and swelling
2. failure of important organs, such as heart, lung, liver and kidney
3. deep venous thrombosis
4. thrombophlebitis
5. varicose veins (stage II-IVaccording to Marshall) and venous insufficiency (stadium 2-3 according to Widmer)
6. participants with infection in the areas close to the knee joint, or allergy to tape
7. enrollment in another clinical trial involving physical therapy or an investigational drug

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

The intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group will be received the Nine Castle Net Format taping and the traditional rehabilitation throughout all hospitalization period.We will exchange the new taping for Every two days.

Treatment:

Other: the Nine Castle Net Format Taping

The control group

Other group

Description:

The control group will be received the traditional rehabilitation during the hospitalization period.The traditional rehabilitation included occupational therapy and physical therapy.

Treatment:

Other: traditional rehabilitation