Motor-Sparing Peripheral Nerve Blockade Facilitates Mobility Post Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

In brief

The primary aim of this pilot study will be to develop a clinically meaningful, patient-centric, and pragmatic protocol to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of different strategies for achievement of the ideal balance between analgesia and functional mobility following total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02773537

Run by

Medical University of South Carolina

People needed

75

Starts

2015-10-01

Expected to finish

2016-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Males and Females 18 years of age or older
• Undergoing elective primary total knee arthroplasty
• Patient is willing and able to give consent and participate

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to receive spinal anesthesia or peripheral nerve block
• Non-ambulatory patients
• Non- English speaking patients
• Vulnerable populations including prisoners

Where it is running

• Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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