NCT01249612

Knee Joint Icing and Knee-extension Strength

No Effect of Knee Joint Icing on Knee-extension Strength After Total Knee Arthroplasty. A Randomized Cross-over Study

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hvidovre University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

With this study the investigators wish to (1) investigate the acute effect of knee joint icing on knee-extension strength shortly after total knee arthroplasty (TKA); and (2) investigate the acute effect of knee joint icing on knee pain, knee joint circumference and functional performance shortly after TKA.

Detailed description

As knee joint icing had no acute effect on knee-extension strength in the present study, prolonged icing may have an effect on one or more of the parameters, and further studies are needed to determine the potential beneficial effects of cooling after TKA.

Conditions

• Arthroplasty

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Thermotherapy	Knee joint icing
OTHER	Thermotherapy	Elbow joint icing

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-04-01
• Primary completion: 2010-11-01
• Completion: 2010-12-01
• First posted: 2010-11-30
• Last updated: 2012-07-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark