The Effect of Wrist Ankle Acupuncture on Post-Total Hip Arthroplasty Pain

University of Indonesia (UI)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hip Injuries; Hip Fractures; Hip Osteoarthritis; Pain, Postoperative

Treatments: Procedure: wrist ankle acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06380439

23-10-1763

Details and patient eligibility

About

Total hip arthroplasty is one of the most cost-effective orthopedic surgical procedures which can restore hip function and improve the patient's quality of life. However, total hip arthroplasty is significantly associated with postoperative pain. Pain after total hip arthroplasty surgery can adversely affect the patient's early postoperative recovery, postoperative mobility, and hinder rehabilitation.

Wrist ankle acupuncture (WAA) is a simpler acupuncture technique, using fewer points, shallow needle insertion and lighter stimulation. Wrist-ankle acupuncture as multimodal analgesia after orthopedic surgery is useful for reducing pain and reduce the incidence of post-surgical side effects. The primary aim of this study is to investigate whether wrist ankle acupuncture therapy gives better and results for post total hip arthroplasty pain than sham wrist ankle acupuncture

Full description

This is a clinical trial study to evaluate and compare the effects of wrist ankle acupuncture and sham wrist ankle acupuncture as a therapy for post total hip arthroplasty pain. The subjects are 32 males/female who just undergone total hip arthroplasty surgery and has returned to inpatient ward. They will be randomly assigned to 2 groups: (1) wrist ankle acupuncture and (2) Sham wrist ankle acupuncture. The subjects will receive two sessions of treatment. The outcome will be assessed before treatment (baseline), after fist acupuncture session, after second acupuncture session and a day after the second session. Patients and the outcome assessors will be blinded to the group allocation.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients undergoing elective primary total hip arthroplasty surgery at dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Persahabatan Hospital, andFatmawati Hospital
2. Aged over 18 years
3. Willing to sign informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Have a history of malignancy
2. Revision total hip arthroplasty patient
3. Post-total hip surgery patient treated in ICU.
4. The patient has a mental disorder so he cannot understand the explanation given

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

wrist ankle acupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

wrist ankle acupuncture using 0.25 x 25mm filiform needle on lower 1, lower 4, lower 5 area ipsilateral to the surgical side, then covered with 5cm long micropore, retention for 4 hours

Treatment:

Procedure: wrist ankle acupuncture

sham wrist ankle acupuncture

Sham Comparator group

Description:

0.25 x 25mm filiform needle pricked and placed on the surface of the skin on lower 1, lower 4, lower 5 area ipsilateral to the surgical side, covered with 5cm long micropore, retention for 4 hours

Treatment:

Procedure: wrist ankle acupuncture