Predictors of persistent postoperative pain following total knee replacement
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Persistent postoperative painM17R52Gonarthrosis [arthrosis of knee]Pain, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- DRKS00005147
- Lead Sponsor
- Technische Universität MünchenFakultät für Sport- und GesundheitswissenschaftenFachbereich Konservative und Rehabilitative Orthopädie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 103
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with osteoarthritis of the knee who were scheduled for primary total knee replacement and signed the written informed consent will be included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria were neurological diseases, severe internal (e.g. chron. kidney diseases or diabetic neuropathy) or psychological (e.g. schizophrenia or major depression) diseases, unicondylar knee arthroplasty and previous knee surgery in the last two years (except arthroscopy). Patients with chronic pain using opioids will be excluded as well.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The project aims to evaluate a new screening procedure to identify patients at risk for chronic pain following total knee replacement at a preoperative state by using a multifactorial approach of dynamic psychophysical tests combined with measuring of vegetative function and evaluation of affective and cognitive dysregulation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot applicable