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Prediction Of Post Operative Pain Following Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery

NCT01351363 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2011-05-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Following arthroscopic shoulder surgery a small but significant number of people suffer severe postoperative pain.

This study aims to predict which patients are at risk of developing severe post operative pain so that they may be targeted with a more aggressive post operative pain regimen.

Conditions

  • Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery
  • Pain Threshold

Interventions

DEVICE

Electrical pain threshold measurement

Assessment of preoperative pain threshold using electrical stimulation using a Painmatcher machine.

DEVICE

Measurement of electrical pain threshold

Measurement of preoperative electrical pain threshold and self reporting of postoperative pain scores (for 4 days) on VAS.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • NHS Fife

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Anthony Davis, MBChB · NHS Fife

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-05-31
Completion
2011-05-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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