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The Effect of a Psychosensory Therapy

NCT02765932 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2018-10-22

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Summary

This is a prospective study looking at the impact of psychosensory therapy and how it can diminish pain and consumption of pain medications. The primary study objective is to evaluate the change in Visual Analogue Score (VAS) score assessing for pain from Baseline, every day of inpatient stay, 7 days after leaving hospital (via phone), and 3 months post-op(via phone) and to correlate the psychosensory therapy and overall use of pain medications/narcotics.

Conditions

  • Joint Replacement Surgery

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Dummy Movements

The placebo group will be asked to perform the same touch technique and count backwards from 50 while removing petals from a flower. Patients will also perform these techniques before rehab and sleep.

PROCEDURE

Psychosensory Therapy

The research assistant will administer one of the several psychosensory touch techniques prior to surgery. This will involve the touching of upper arms, palms, and a visualization process. This will last no longer than 10 minutes. These techniques will also be performed by the patients prior to any rehab sessions and before going to sleep. The patients will be asked to perform these touch techniques with the eyes closed and imaging having no pain. The patients will also be asked to keep a record of all medications.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Ran Schwarzkopf, MD · New York University Medical School

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-30
Primary Completion
2018-03-05
Completion
2018-03-05

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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