The Effect of a Psychosensory Therapy
- Conditions
- Joint Replacement Surgery
- Interventions
- Procedure: Dummy MovementsProcedure: Psychosensory Therapy
- Registration Number
- NCT02765932
- Lead Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
- Brief Summary
This is a prospective study looking at the impact of psychosensory therapy and how it can diminish pain and consumption of pain medications. The primary study objective is to evaluate the change in Visual Analogue Score (VAS) score assessing for pain from Baseline, every day of inpatient stay, 7 days after leaving hospital (via phone), and 3 months post-op(via phone) and to correlate the psychosensory therapy and overall use of pain medications/narcotics.
- Detailed Description
The study will aim to enroll 50 subjects. 25 subjects will receive placebo therapy which will be dummy movements while the other 25 will receive psychosensory therapy. The treatment group will involve a touch technique called havening.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
- Patient undergoing joint replacement surgery (Hip and Knee Only)
- Patient is willing to participate in pre- and postoperative surveys
- Patients who have undergone joint replacement surgeries
- History of Chronic Narcotic Use (more than 30mg morphine dose)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Placebo Therapy Dummy Movements Dummy Movements Psychosensory Therapy Psychosensory Therapy Will involve touch technique, havening.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in pain from baseline using Visual Analogue Score (VAS) Baseline and 7 Months Measures level of Pain pre and post treatment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
New York University School of Medicine
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States