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Risk of Falling After CFNB Versus ACB

NCT02314832 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2017-03-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Blocking sensation from the femoral nerve by injecting local anesthetic around the nerve plays an important role in pain control after total knee replacement. However, femoral nerve block has been associated with increased risk of falls due to weakness of the thigh muscle. This prospective, randomized controlled trial asks the question whether blocking the more distal branch of the femoral nerve (saphenous nerve) will result in less muscle motor block, and thus less risk of falls. The study also aims to compare pain control after both techniques.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

adductor canal block

ultrasound guided saphenous nerve block in the adductor canal

PROCEDURE

femoral nerve block

ultrasound guided femoral nerve block

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Nabil M Elkassabany, MD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-01-31
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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