Status:
COMPLETED
Millimeter Wave Therapy (MWT) for Analgesia After Total Knee Replacement
Lead Sponsor:
University Medicine Greifswald
Conditions:
Pain
Acute Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
35-80 years
Phase:
PHASE2
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The aim of the study was to test whether the exposure to electromagnetic millimeter waves - Millimeter Wave Therapy (MWT) is effective for relief of acute postoperative pain in patients after elective...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of II or III scheduled for elective TKA
- without previous opioid medication
- patients 35-80 years old able to use PCA pumps and Visual Analogue Scale for pain intensity measurement
- patients who have signed consent form
Exclusion
- pregnant or nursing females
- recidivist alcoholics
- extremely obese patients (body mass index \> 35)
- inability to operate PCA-pump.
- females with the history of unstable angina pectoris (s. Risks for participants)
- patients who are unable to understand the consent form
- systemic infection
- history of psychiatric disease
- necessity to change postoperative analgesic scheme for particular patient
- severe intercurrent disease during the course of MWT
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
October 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00233831
Start Date
March 1 2004
End Date
October 1 2007
Last Update
February 28 2011
Active Locations (1)
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Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Department, University of Greifswald, Germany
Greifswald, Germany, 17487