The influence of local cooling application at the knee after anterior cruciate ligament reconstructio

Not Applicable

Conditions: S80-S89
Injuries to the knee and lower leg

Registration Number: DRKS00017773

Lead Sponsor: Zentrum für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinik Brandenburg an der Havel, Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 84

Inclusion Criteria

Isolated primary, unilateral reconstruction with a partial meniscus resection of up to one third if necessary; No further interventions on the knee; German speaking patients

Exclusion Criteria

drug addictions; chronic use of analgesics; Patients who have not signed the consent form; known defects of blood coagulation; known cold antibodies; allergies to common analgesics; Other acute or subacute ligament injuries to the knee; Meniscus partial resections of more than 1/3 or meniscus refixations

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 7th postoperative days: Subjective pain sensation on the basis of a visual analog scale (VAS)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 7th postoperative days: Postoperative swelling of the affected knee: average knee circumference in cm; Measurement of intraarticular effusion at the proximal pole of the patella (recessus suprapatellares) by sonography; Quantity of fluid in the Redon drainage system on the 1st postoperative day; Pain killers consumption; Force measurement according to Janda (Muscle Test System); Measurement of laboratory inflammation parameters: CrP, small blood count/ 7th post-op day:Survey of subjective patient satisfaction (1 = very satisfied to 4 = not satisfied) including questions on previous experience with cryotherapy and complications<br>(Forms: IKDC-2000, KOOS, Lysholm Score, SF-36, Marx Aktivitätsscore)