N/A
N=60
Manual Lymphatic Drainage Following Total Knee Arthroplasty Surgery
Knee Arthroplasty, Total
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00711711 ↗Enrolled (actual)
60
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jan 2019
Primary outcome: Primary: Bioimpedance Percentage Difference Healthy/Operated — 1.8; 0.2; 12.9; 13.7 percentage difference between limbs — p=0.51
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Manual lymphatic drainage (Other); relaxation (Other)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult · 16+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud
- Primary completion
- Jan 2011
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Bioimpedance Percentage Difference Healthy/Operated |
1.8; 0.2; 12.9; 13.7; 41.8; 40.8 | 0.51 |
| PRIMARY Lower Limb Volume Percentage Difference Operated/Healthy |
1.8; 0.; 12.9; 13.7; 17.0; 15.3 | 0.58 |
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of manual lymphatic drainage to decrease the swelling of the knee after total knee replacement surgery
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- knee replacement surgery
Exclusion Criteria
- pacemaker
- cardiac defibrillator
- pathology of the lymphatic system
- lower limb impairment which interferes with gait
- neurological disease
- unability to understand patient information letter or to give informed consent
- unability to understand and complete questionnaires in French
- contraindication to manual lymphatic drainage : thrombosis, infection, right cardiac insufficiency, active cancer
- non standard knee replacement surgery
- high dose anticoagulation
- post surgical complication
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00711711). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.