Post operative pain relief following knee replacement
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Knee arthroplastySurgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN42045594
- Lead Sponsor
- ancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
- Brief Summary
2013 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23665124
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Patients having a total knee arthroplasty between the dates of May 2012- July 2012 who have capacity to consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Any patients that lack capacity to consent to the study
2. Patients who are unwilling to consent.
3. Patients who may be acutely confused or suffer from dementia
4. Patients who have a known allergy, intolerance or previous reaction to any of the drugs being administered
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain scores in the two patient groups, recorded 4 hours post operatively, before and after physiotherapy
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. The amount of patient-controlled pain relief used<br> 2. The time taken to achieve physiotherapy goals<br> 3. The length of stay in hospital<br>