NCT03340584

The Clinical Observation on Taping After Total Knee Replacement

The Effectiveness of the Nine Castle Net Format Taping After Total Knee Replacement in Early Postoperative Rehabilitation Period. A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators will conduct a single-blind, randomized controlled trial of 100 patients with total knee replacement. Patients will be randomly assigned into a control group and an intervention group.Both groups received same rehabilitation procedures after surgery,except intervention group also received taping applications throughout all rehabilitation period.Then, the patients will be reevaluated to determine changes in lower extremity function, edema, pain,knee range of motion, and muscle strength of quadriceps femoris and hamstring.

Conditions

• Total Knee Replacement

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	the Nine Castle Net Format Taping	The intervention group received traditional rehabilitation and Taping throughout all rehabilitation period.The taping including a Nine Castle Net Format of taping in both side of surgery knee.We will exchange the new taping for every two days， for a week.Traditional rehabilitation included occupational therapy and physical therapy, patients took part in the traditional rehabilitation training for 30 minutes each day, for a week.
OTHER	traditional rehabilitation	traditional rehabilitation included occupational therapy and physical therapy, patients took part in the traditional rehabilitation training for 30 minutes each day, for a week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-25
• Primary completion: 2020-12-30
• Completion: 2020-12-30
• First posted: 2017-11-13
• Last updated: 2019-07-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China