Manual Lymphatic Drainage Before and After Total Knee Replacement, a Single-center Observer-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis; Rehabilitation; Manual Lymphatic Drainage; Total Knee Arthroplasty; MLD
• Interventions: Procedure: Manual Lymphatic Drainage

• Registration Number: NCT05119764
• Lead Sponsor: Moritz Wagner

Brief Summary

The aim of this observer-blinded randomized controlled trial is the evaluation of the influence of manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) on the outcome of patients receiving total knee replacement (TKA).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-03-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-05-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-11-02
• Study First Posted: 2021-11-15
• Primary Completion: 2023-02-01
• Study Completion: 2023-02-08
• Status Verified: 2023-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-08-01
• Last Update Posted: 2023-08-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 112

Inclusion Criteria

• Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)

Exclusion Criteria

• Venous insufficiency
• BMI > 38
• Vascular disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Manual lymphatic drainage after knee replacement	Manual Lymphatic Drainage	Manual lymphatic drainage after knee replacement
Manual lymphatic drainage before and after knee replacement	Manual Lymphatic Drainage	Manual lymphatic drainage before and after knee replacement

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knee Pain	Change in pain weeks before the operation to one year after the operation	Visual analogue scale from 0 to 10 on the average level of knee pain in the last 24 hours.
Volume	Change in swelling weeks before the operation to one year after the operation	The swelling/volume is calculated through measurements of the circumference at 7 distinct points of the leg. The unit is \[mm\].
Function	Change in ROM weeks before the operation to one year after the operation	Knee range of motion (ROM), active and passive. The unit is \[degrees\]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Subjective patient reported outcome	Before the operation, five days after the operation and one year after the operation	WOMAC Score (Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

BKH St. Johann in Tirol; 🇦🇹 Sankt Johann In Tirol, Tyrol, Austria