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Effect of upper limb cycling exercise in combination with standard physical therapy after total knee arthroplasty on prevention of chronic pain.

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Patients with knee osteoarthritis scheduled for primary, unilateral total knee arthroplasty.
Registration Number
JPRN-UMIN000046684
Lead Sponsor
agasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who have difficulty walking independently before surgery, who deviated significantly from our clinical path due to postoperative complications, who have severe orthopedic diseases in the upper limbs or lower limbs other than the knee joint, who have neurological symptoms such as sensory impairment or motor paralysis, who have dementia or psychiatric diseases, who have serious respiratory diseases or cardiovascular diseases, and who have not consented to this research.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of chronic post-surgical pain at 6 months after surgery (Visual analog scale; VAS>30mm).
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain intensity during walking (Visual analog scale; VAS), Knee joint range of motion (flexion and extension), knee joint extension muscle strength, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) at 1, 2 and 3 weeks and 6 months after surgery. Physical activity intensity measured by accelerometer at 1, 2 and 3 weeks after surgery. Pressure pain thresholds (PPT), Temporal summation of pain (TSP), Conditioned pain modulation (CPM), Time up and go test (TUGT) and 10-meter walk test at 2 and 3 weeks and 6 months after surgery. 6-minute walking distance and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) at 3 weeks and 6 months after surgery.
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