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Comparison Between Kinesiotaping and Cold Therapy After Total Knee Arthroplasty

NCT02747901 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 111

Last updated 2016-04-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators aim was to compare the effectiveness of kinesiotaping and cold therapy on muscle strength and functional performance outcomes in patients with TKA during early postoperative period. One-hundred-eleven patents with TKA are going to randomly assigned to control, KT and CT groups (nC=nKT=nCT=37).

Conditions

  • Surgery

Interventions

OTHER

KINESIOTAPING

Kinesiotaping group received kinesiotape for lymphatic correction and rectus femoris facilitation technique.

OTHER

COLD THERAPY

Cold therapy group received cold packs immediately after operation and following postoperative days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dokuz Eylul University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Vasfi Karatosun, Prof · Dokuz Eylul University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2017-04-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

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