Acupuncture for Pain Management After Hip or Knee Arthroplasty

Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Pain, Postoperative Complications

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients treated with acupuncture post-operatively following knee or hip arthroplasty achieve better pain control as measured by the Visual Analog Scale and pain medication use.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00455182

Run by

HealthEast Care System

People needed

0

Starts

2007-03-01

Expected to finish

2011-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-03-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18-80 years old
• Undergoing total hip or total knee arthroplasty
• Spinal anesthesia during surgery

You may not qualify if…

• Arthroplasty of contralateral limb within the past three months
• Medical condition, in judgement of examiner, that may preclude safe participation in protocol or prevents completion of the study
• General anesthesia
• Use of any investigational drug in the past 30 days
• Has received acupuncture in the past
• Currently participating in another interventional study
• Unwilling to be randomized
• Patients who request Healing Touch, another form of alternative treatment that is offered at Woodwinds Hospital.

Where it is running

• HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital — Woodbury, Minnesota, United States

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