Knee Joint Icing and Knee-extension Strength

Arthroplasty Clinical Trial

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Official title:

No Effect of Knee Joint Icing on Knee-extension Strength After Total Knee Arthroplasty. A Randomized Cross-over Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01249612
• Other study ID #: (H-A-2008-063, nr. 24100
• Secondary ID: TKA-BH3
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 1
• First received: November 23, 2010
• Last updated: July 18, 2012
• Start date: April 2010
• Est. completion date: December 2010

Study information

• Verified date: July 2012
• Source: Hvidovre University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

With this study the investigators wish to (1) investigate the acute effect of knee joint icing on knee-extension strength shortly after total knee arthroplasty (TKA); and (2) investigate the acute effect of knee joint icing on knee pain, knee joint circumference and functional performance shortly after TKA.

Description:

As knee joint icing had no acute effect on knee-extension strength in the present study, prolonged icing may have an effect on one or more of the parameters, and further studies are needed to determine the potential beneficial effects of cooling after TKA.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: December 2010
• Est. primary completion date: November 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty

Exclusion Criteria:

• inability to speak and understand Danish

• inability to perform the measurements due to other diseases

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Arthroplasty

Intervention

Other:
• Thermotherapy
Knee joint icing
• Thermotherapy
Elbow joint icing

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	The Lundbeckcenter for fast-track hip and knee surgery	Copenhagen	Hvidovre

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hvidovre University Hospital	Lundbeck Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Knee-extension strength	Maximal knee-extension strength is measured using a hand-held dynamometer	In the first week after surgery patients are measured on two days: One day before and after active (knee icing) treatment and one day before and after control (elbow icing) treatment	No
Secondary	Knee pain	Knee pain was quantified by using The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) at rest and during active measurements.	In the first week after surgery patients are measured on two days: One day before and after active (knee icing) treatment and one day before and after control (elbow icing) treatment	No