Effects of TENS Therapy Following Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Meniscus Tear
• Interventions: Device: TENS Treatment with functional or disabled unit

• Registration Number: NCT01528228
• Lead Sponsor: A.T. Still University of Health Sciences

Brief Summary

Following standard of care procedures for arthroscopy knee surgery it is anticipated that Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) will provide improved pain relief and improve functional outcomes.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-07-01
• Study First Submitted: 2012-02-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-02-03
• Study First Posted: 2012-02-07
• Primary Completion: 2012-04-01
• Study Completion: 2012-04-01
• Results First Submitted: 2018-10-10
• Status Verified: 2019-01
• Results First Submitted QC: 2019-01-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-01-10
• Results First Posted: 2019-01-11
• Last Update Posted: 2019-01-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 18-60
• BMI<50
• No significant joint malalignment
• No significant ligamentous instability
• No significant radiographic joint space narrowing
• No prior significant knee surgery
• Unilateral knee surgery
• Not workman's compensation
• Planned knee arthroscopy for meniscectomy, chondroplasty or synovectomy

Exclusion Criteria

• Age <18 or >60
• BMI > 50
• Significant joint malalignment
• Significant ligamentous instability
• Significant radiographic joint space narrowing
• Prior significant knee surgery
• Bilateral knee surgery planned
• Worker's Compensation
• No planned knee arthroscopy for menisectomy, chondroplasty or synovectomy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Sham TENS Therapy	TENS Treatment with functional or disabled unit	This group will receive a placebo TENS unit which has been functionally disabled to provide a short initial electrical impulse then cease delivering that impulse.
Structured TENS Therapy	TENS Treatment with functional or disabled unit	This group will be given an active TENS unit to use.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient's Perception of Pain in the Early Post-operative Period While Utilizing Structured TENS Therapy.	Two weeks postoperatively.	The patient participant will record pain levels during the immediate post-op 2-week time period every day. Day 0 is pain level before surgery. Pain perception measured on a scale from 0-10 with 0 representing no or lowest level pain and 10 representing the highest level of pain

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

North Missouri Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery; 🇺🇸 Kirksville, Missouri, United States