Evaluation of Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) Therapy for Pain Relief Following Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Osteoarthritis, Knee, Arthritis, Pain

In brief

Evaluation of Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) Therapy for Pain Relieft Following Total Knee Arrhtoplasty (TKA)

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01641471

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

116

Starts

2012-12-01

Expected to finish

2015-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-03-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients undergoing unilateral primary total knee arthroplasty
• Patients who are between the ages of 18-85 years
• Patient has signed informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who live >100 miles from the Cleveland Clinic main campus (9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44195)
• Patients who will not receive a femoral nerve catheter for surgery
• Patients who are not planned to be discharged directly home following surgery
• Patients who have used a TENS device in the past
• Preoperative daily use of narcotics (i.e., high tolerance)
• Already enrolled in another research study, including the present study for contralateral knee
• Patients with a history of epilepsy
• Patients with a cardiac pacemaker
• Patients who are a risk for poor compliance or have a poor understanding of the use of the TENS device
• Condition deemed by physician or medical staff to be non-conducive to patient's ability to complete the study, or a potential risk to the patient's health and well-being.

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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