NCT06944808

Impact of Blood Flow Restriction and Electrical Stimulation on Postoperative Muscle Atrophy and Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Bonn · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study investigate the impact of Blood Flow Restriction Training and Electrostimulation Training on postoperative muscle atrophy and pain after elective total knee arthroplasty.

Detailed description

The present study invesigate the impact of passive blood flow restriction training and/or electrical stimulation training on postoperative muscle atrophy and pain after elective total knee arthroplasty.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis Knees

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Sham-BFR + EMS	Daily passive sham-BFR with a fixed pressure of 20mmHg in combination with electrical stimulation of the m. vastus lateralis and mediales
OTHER	BFR + EMS	Daily passive BFR with an individual pressure of 80% of the limb occlusion pressure in combination with electrical stimulation of the m. vastus lateralis and mediales

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-09-01
• Primary completion: 2024-12-31
• Completion: 2025-01-01
• First posted: 2025-04-25
• Last updated: 2025-04-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany