NCT01179204

Prediction of Pain in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Is Preoperative Pain Response Upon Tonic Heat Stimulation Predictive for Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hvidovre University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this consecutive, prospective cohort study trial the investigators evaluate if preoperative pain response upon heat stimulation is predictive for acute and subacute postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty.

Detailed description

The preoperative heat stimulation consists of short and long tonic heat stimulation. Pain response is evaluated with an electronic visual analog scale. Furthermore the investigators evaluate other factors possibly predictable for acute and subacute postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty - demographic factors, preoperative pain related factors, psychosocial factors (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Pain Catastrophizing Scale).

Conditions

• Pain, Postoperative

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Preoperative heat stimulation	Preoperative short and long tonic heat stimulation

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-08-01
• Primary completion: 2011-09-01
• Completion: 2011-09-01
• First posted: 2010-08-11
• Last updated: 2012-09-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark