NCT01111513

The Influence of the Femoral Nerve Block on Quadriceps Strength

The Influence of the Femoral Nerve Block on the Quadriceps Strength After Total Knee Replacement

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 135 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hopital de l'Enfant-Jesus · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Total knee replacement is a frequent procedure in Québec's hospitals and the muscular strength of the quadriceps is the best indicator of the patient's functional recovery post surgery. Thus, the importance of the patient's recovery leads to the evaluation of the influence of the femoral nerve block on the muscle strength. The purpose of the study is to compare the short term and long term recuperation of the quadriceps' motor strength of after a total knee arthroplasty using different types of analgesics such as the continuous femoral nerve block, the single dose femoral nerve block and the systemic analgesic, a patient controlled analgesic pump.

Conditions

• Total Knee Arthroplasty

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	48-hour ropivacaine infusions	Patients receive 20 ml of ropivacaine 0.5 % pre-operation through femoral block catheter, followed by ropivacaine infusions from 0.1 % to 0.1 ml/kg/hour for 48 hours.
DRUG	Single dose ropivacaine	Patients receive 20 ml of ropivacaine 0.5% pre-operation
DRUG	Patient controlled analgesics	Patient controlled analgesics alone, no femoral block

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-11-01
• Primary completion: 2011-03-01
• Completion: 2012-02-01
• First posted: 2010-04-27
• Last updated: 2012-12-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada