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Cryotherapy Effectiveness in Individuals With End Stage Knee Osteoarthritis - a Case Series

NCT03582644 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2019-08-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this case series will be to provide a detailed description of a standardized short-term cryotherapy application protocol using validated functional outcome measures in individuals with end stage KOA

Conditions

  • Osteoarthritis, Knee

Interventions

OTHER

Cryotherapy

Crushed ice (1kg) inside a plastic bag (24x34x0,08 cm). The positioning of the plastic bags will cover the entire knee surface (Anterior, lateral and posterior region). After the positioning of the ice bags, they will be fixed with an elastic bandage (compression). To protect the skin against frost bites, all the knee surface will be covered with a moistened operative field (45x50x0,01 cm, 100% cotton)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lucas O Dantas · Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-06-26
Primary Completion
2019-06-01
Completion
2019-06-01

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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