Acupuncture for Post Operative Pain Following Total Knee or Hip Arthroplasty

NCT03415204 — Not applicable, Completed, 100 participants, Ziv Hospital

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Registry	NCT03415204
Status	Completed
Phase	Not applicable
Study type	Interventional; randomized, parallel, masking: double, treatment
Enrollment	100 (Actual)
Sponsor	Ziv Hospital (Other gov)
Conditions	Arthroplasty Complications
Interventions	acupuncture (Other)
Dates	start 2017-12-20, primary completion 2018-12-20, completion 2018-12-20, first posted 2018-01-30, last updated 2021-02-04
Locations	1 site in Israel

-Summary

Post operative pain (POP) is a major obstacle on the road to healing, despite the increasing interest in postoperative pain management and development of pain control modalities (1). Postoperative pain is still insufficiently treated with more than 50% of patients suffering from moderate to severe pain early after surgery .Pain after orthopedic surgery is considered especially difficult to manage. Approximately half of total knee or hip arthroplasty patients present with extreme pain immediately after surgery. Total knee and hip arthroplasty often results not only in severe perioperative pain and debilitation, but chronic pain, joint stiffness, and functional disability many months or even years following the procedure. Various modalities of treating orthopedic POP exist, but the optimal management of postoperative pain remains controversial with no clear consensus of the best method.We suggest that acupuncture can be an effective treatment for post operative pain after total knee or hip arthroplasty.

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+Arms and interventions

Arm	Type	Interventions	Description
acupuncture	Experimental	Other: acupuncture
no acupuncture	No intervention

acupuncture (Other): acupuncture for post operative pain

+Outcome measures

Primary outcomes

average post operative pain during time of hospitalization [average pain score during 5 days following operation]: post operative pain will measured twice daily - morning and afternoon during hospitalization time. patients will be asked to rate thier pain on a visual analog scale ranging from 0- no pain to 10 - severe pain

+Eligibility

Sex: All, ages: 18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion Criteria:

* signed informed consent, above 18 years of age, about to undergo total knee or hip arthroplasty

Exclusion Criteria:

* Known mental disease, active cancer disease, coagulopathy, Hepatitis B,C.

+Locations (1)

Facility	City	Country	Status
Ziv Medical Center	Safed	Israel

+Publications

Results publication: Rubin L, Avraham Y, Sharabi-Nov A, Shebly T, Ben Natan M, Rothem DE. Acupuncture Effect on Analgesic Consumption and Cortisol Levels Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Med Acupunct. 2023 Oct 1;35(5):230-235. doi: 10.1089/acu.2023.0024. Epub 2023 Oct 17. PMID 37920858