NCT04795011

Outcomes for Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Additional Manual Lymph Drainage to Standard Postoperative Rehabilitation Protocol in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients Improves Postoperative Kinesiophobia, Pain and Quality of Life: Preliminary Clinical Results

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 21 (actual)
• Sponsor: Selcuk University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this context, the purpose of our study is to investigate the effect of MLD(manual lymphatic drainage) technique applied in addition to the standard postoperative rehabilitation protocol on pain, kinesophobia and quality of life in early periods in patients undergoing primary TKA(total knee arthroplasty) surgery. Our hypothesis is that the addition of the MLD technique to the standard postoperative rehabilitation protocol will improve the early clinical outcomes of patients undergoing primary TKA. In the future perspective, we anticipate that the data obtained as a result of our study will make a significant contribution to the relevant literature on the early and mid-term ameliorative effects of MLD on postoperative pain, kinesiophobia and quality of life, which will be possibly applied in addition to standard postoperative rehabilitation protocols in patients undergoing primary TKA.

Conditions

• Total Knee Arthroplasty

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	exercise and manual lymphatic drainage	MLD will be launched with simple neck application. Hemodynamics of blood and lower extremity motoring will be increased by combining active bilateral shoulder-twisting with breathing after effleurage. Cervical lymph nodes will be stimulated. Back-up treatment will be applied for the abdominal area. Suction power in the ductus thoracicus will be increased with breathing exercises. Ventral drainage will be applied to the lower extremity in accordance with the surgery of the patient.
OTHER	exercise	range of motion and walking exercise

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-09
• Primary completion: 2021-03-09
• Completion: 2021-04-22
• First posted: 2021-03-12
• Last updated: 2021-05-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)