NCT03249701

Electrical Acupoint Stimulation for Postoperative Recovery

Electrical Acupoint Stimulation for Postoperative Recovery After Knee Arthroplasty. A Randomized, Double-blind, Clinical Trial.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study investigates electrical acupoint stimulation (EAS) administered in peri-operation for improving postoperative recovery in elder patients, who accept knee arthroplasty. the surgery cause to change of stress response, which might be associated with postoperative recovery of patient Totally, three groups are created, 1/3 participants receive transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation, 1/3 participants receive electroacupuncture, the rest 1/3 will use sham transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation.

Detailed description

Theoretically, the application of electrical acupoint stimulation (EAS) base on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine. It deems that a surgery might consume Qi, then cause to imbalance of Qi and Blood, especially in elder patients. Besides, surgery lead to change of stress response (hormones). The EAS administration intra-operatively perhaps be beneficial to recovery of patients, reduce the incidence of postoperative complications. The main possible mechanism was stress response regulation. The hypothesis is that the EAS improve postoperative recovery of patient through regulating stress response.

Conditions

• Postoperative Complications
• Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
• Postoperative Infection
• Postoperative Delirium
• Postoperative Pneumonia
• Deep Vein Thrombosis
• Postoperative Retention of Urine
• Postoperative Recovery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation	The intervention will be administered by electrical acupoint machine, the brand is Great Wall.
DEVICE	Electroacupuncture	The intervention will be administered by electrical acupoint machine, the brand is Great Wall.
DEVICE	sham Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation	The intervention will be administered by transcutaneous electrical acupoint machine, even no truly actualized.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-05-01
• Primary completion: 2019-05-01
• Completion: 2019-10-30
• First posted: 2017-08-15
• Last updated: 2018-04-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China