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Manual Lymphatic Drainage Following Total Knee Arthroplasty Surgery

NCT00711711 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2019-01-18

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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

Conditions

  • Knee Arthroplasty, Total

Interventions

OTHER

Manual lymphatic drainage

Each patient will receive 5 treatments of 30 minutes by a trained physiotherapist, from day 2 to day 7 post surgery

OTHER

relaxation

Each patient will receive 5 treatments of 30 minutes of tape recorded relaxation , from day 2 to day 7 post surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Lausanne Hospitals

    collaborator OTHER

  • Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Claude Pichonnaz, physiother · Haute Ecole Cantonale Vaudoise de Santé + Département de l'Appareil Locomoteur - CHUV

  • Brigitte M Jolles, PD MER MSc · Département de l'Appareil Locomoteur - CHUV + Faculté des sciences et techniques de l'ingénieur (STI) - EPFL

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2011-01-31
Completion
2011-03-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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