NCT01324375

Prediction of Pain in Total Hip Arthroplasty

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hvidovre University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this consecutive, prospective cohort study the investigators evaluate if preoperative pain response upon heat stimulation is predictive for acute and subacute postoperative pain after total hip 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 hip 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
DEVICE	heat pain test (Modular Sensory Analyzer, Somedic AB, Horby, Sweden).	pain during heat test preoperatively

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-03-01
• Primary completion: 2012-03-01
• Completion: 2012-03-01
• First posted: 2011-03-29
• Last updated: 2012-09-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark