NCT03582644

Cryotherapy Effectiveness in Individuals With End Stage Knee Osteoarthritis - a Case Series

Cryotherapy Effectiveness on Pain, Physical Function and Quality of Life in Individuals With End Stage Knee Osteoarthritis - a Case Series

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this case series will be to provide a detailed description of a standardized short-term cryotherapy application protocol using validated functional outcome measures in individuals with end stage KOA

Detailed description

There are no studies determining the efficacy of cryotherapy in pain, function and quality of life for patients with end stage Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA). This case series describes a standardized treatment program for end stage patients with KOA and outcomes over a 12-week period.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis, Knee

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Cryotherapy	Crushed ice (1kg) inside a plastic bag (24x34x0,08 cm). The positioning of the plastic bags will cover the entire knee surface (Anterior, lateral and posterior region). After the positioning of the ice bags, they will be fixed with an elastic bandage (compression). To protect the skin against frost bites, all the knee surface will be covered with a moistened operative field (45x50x0,01 cm, 100% cotton)

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-26
• Primary completion: 2019-06-01
• Completion: 2019-06-01
• First posted: 2018-07-11
• Last updated: 2019-08-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil