NCT02765932

The Effect of a Psychosensory Therapy

The Effect of a Psychosensory Therapy on Post-Op Pain in Hip and Knee Surgery: A Randomized Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a prospective study looking at the impact of psychosensory therapy and how it can diminish pain and consumption of pain medications. The primary study objective is to evaluate the change in Visual Analogue Score (VAS) score assessing for pain from Baseline, every day of inpatient stay, 7 days after leaving hospital (via phone), and 3 months post-op(via phone) and to correlate the psychosensory therapy and overall use of pain medications/narcotics.

Detailed description

The study will aim to enroll 50 subjects. 25 subjects will receive placebo therapy which will be dummy movements while the other 25 will receive psychosensory therapy. The treatment group will involve a touch technique called havening.

Conditions

• Joint Replacement Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Dummy Movements	The placebo group will be asked to perform the same touch technique and count backwards from 50 while removing petals from a flower. Patients will also perform these techniques before rehab and sleep.
PROCEDURE	Psychosensory Therapy	The research assistant will administer one of the several psychosensory touch techniques prior to surgery. This will involve the touching of upper arms, palms, and a visualization process. This will last no longer than 10 minutes. These techniques will also be performed by the patients prior to any rehab sessions and before going to sleep. The patients will be asked to perform these touch techniques with the eyes closed and imaging having no pain. The patients will also be asked to keep a record of all medications.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-06-01
• Primary completion: 2018-03-05
• Completion: 2018-03-05
• First posted: 2016-05-09
• Last updated: 2018-10-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States