NCT05013879

Kinesiotape for Edema After Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty

Effect of Kinesiotaping on Edema Management, Pain and Function on Patients With Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 65 (actual)
• Sponsor: Montefiore Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if kinesiotaping for edema management will decrease post-operative edema in patients with bilateral total knee arthroplasty. The leg receiving kinesiotaping during inpatient rehabilitation may have decreased edema and pain and improved movement and function when compared to the leg not receiving kinesiotape.

Detailed description

After being informed about the study and potential risk, all patients undergoing inpatient rehabilitation after bilateral total knee arthroplasty will have Kinesio(R)Tape applied to one randomly selected leg while the other leg serves as a control. Measurement of bilateral leg circumference, knee range of motion, numerical rating scale for pain, and selected questions from the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score will occur at regular intervals throughout the rehabilitation stay. Patients will receive standard rehabilitation.

Conditions

• Arthroplasty Complications
• Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Kinesio(R)Tape for edema control	Kinesio(R)Tape is an elastic, cotton tape with an adhesive backing. When applied for edema management, strips of Kinesio(R)Tape are applied to the lower leg in a criss-cross fashion by a physical therapist who is a Certified Kinesiotape Practitioner.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-10-18
• Primary completion: 2023-11-24
• Completion: 2023-11-24
• First posted: 2021-08-19
• Last updated: 2024-02-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States