NCT03947307

Kinesiotape Treatment for Postoperative Edema After Joint Replacement Surgery of the Knee- The KNEETAPE Study

Kinesiotape Treatment for Postoperative Edema After Joint Replacement Surgery of the Knee -The KNEETAPE Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 190 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Postoperative edema is a common condition affecting wound healing and function. Traditionally, manual lymphatic drainage and compressive bandages have been employed to reduce swelling. Kinesiotaping might be an alternative approach. To analyse the efficacy, cost-effectiveness, satisfaction, quality of life, functional outcome and and morbidity of the use of kinesiotape for the treatment of postoperative edema after knee replacement surgery, compared to standard manual lymphatic drainage with compression (i.e. compressive stockings or bandages) or sham taping.

Conditions

• Postoperative Edema

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	lymphtaping using Easytape®	lymphtaping using Easytape® on day 1 after surgery by specifically trained physiotherapists. If possible the taping will be left for 7 days.
PROCEDURE	compression treatment	manual lymphatic drainage followed by compression treatment using compressive stockings or compressive bandaging
DEVICE	sham taping	sham taping with Leukotape® Classic, a non-elastic tape, that in all other respects resembles Easytape®.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-01
• Primary completion: 2023-02-08
• Completion: 2023-02-09
• First posted: 2019-05-13
• Last updated: 2024-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland