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UnknownNCT02979028

Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation (TEAS) on Aged Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Arthroplasty

The Protective Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation (TEAS) on Aged Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Arthroplasty: A Single-Center, Double-Blinded, Randomised Controlled Trial

Status
Unknown
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
300 (estimated)
Sponsor
Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
60 Years – 89 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This is a single center, randomized, double-blinded, controlled clinical trial. The purpose of this study is to to determine whether treating by transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) during perioperative could alleviate the postoperative complications in patients undergoing artificial joint replacement surgery.

Detailed description

The complications from patients accepted artificial joint replacement surgery will directly or indirectly affect the prognosis of the patients, resulting in patients with delayed recovery and increase the hospitalization time and cost. Serious complications can lead to patients deaths during perioperative period. It has been proved that the electroacupuncture application during perioperative period can reduce the dosage of anesthetic drugs, and has a good effect on the protection of the heart and brain. At the same time, the electroacupuncture can also regulate the body's immune function, reduce allergy, reduce postoperative pain and so on.Compared with acupuncture, transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation (TEAS) is a noninvasive technique that has similar effects to acupuncture. The investigators hypothesize that TEAS before anesthesia and during surgery would decrease the morbidity and mortality of postoperative complications in 30 days after artificial joint replacement surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICETEASTranscutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation

Timeline

Start date
2017-05-01
Primary completion
2018-03-01
Completion
2018-04-01
First posted
2016-12-01
Last updated
2017-04-18

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02979028. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.