Tokyo, July 22 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000058531) titled 'Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Interventions for the Prevention of Chronic Pain After Periarticular Knee Osteotomy' on July 21.
Study Type:
Interventional
Study Design:
Basic Design - Parallel
Randomization - Randomized
Blinding - Single blind -participants are blinded
Control - Placebo
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - Department of Clinical Research Center, Fukuoka Orthopaedic Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
Condition:
Condition - Knee osteoarthritis
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - The purpose of this study is to evaluate the preventive effect of wearable transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) following around the knee osteotomy (AKO). The intervention involves the application of TENS from the early postoperative period at the initiation of weight-bearing, aiming to alleviate pain during weight-bearing and walking.
Basic objectives2 - Efficacy
Intervention:
Interventions/Control_1 - In the intervention group, rehabilitation combined with a wearable transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) device will be performed for 3 weeks, starting from postoperative day 15 at the initiation of weight-bearing.
Interventions/Control_2 - In the control group, sham TENS without electrical stimulation will be applied for 3 weeks.
Eligibility:
Age-lower limit - 40
years-old
=
Gender - Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria - This study targets patients undergoing proximal tibial osteotomy (PTO) for knee osteoarthritis.
Key exclusion criteria - Patients with osteonecrosis, posterior root tears of the medial meniscus, neuromuscular diseases, or similar conditions will be excluded.
Target Size - 80
Recruitment Status:
Recruitment status - Preinitiation
Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 07 Month 01 Day
Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 08 Month 01 Day
Last follow-up date - 2027 Year 03 Month 31 Day
To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000066932
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