Swelling Management After Knee Replacement

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Arthroplasties, Knee Replacement

In brief

To determine if inelastic adjustable compression garment results in improved surgical limb swelling control (bioimpedance assessment - primary outcome) after TKA compared to control (TED hose).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06095401

Run by

University of Colorado, Denver

People needed

58

Starts

2024-02-21

Expected to finish

2026-04-30

Last updated by the study team

2024-05-23

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Primary, unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA)
• Age 50 years or older

You may not qualify if…

• Surgical complication necessitating an altered course of rehabilitation
• Unable to attend outpatient rehabilitation 2x/week for 3 weeks following surgery
• Inability to don/doff garment
• Neurological, cardiovascular, or unstable orthopedic conditions that limit function
• Medical conditions that cause chronic lower extremity swelling
• Contralateral TKA within past year
• Pain >5/10 in their contralateral knee or definite plans on having their other knee replaced in the next year
• Current tobacco smoker
• Use of illegal drugs
• Uncontrolled diabetes (hemoglobin A1c level >8.0)
• Body mass index >40 kg/m2

Where it is running

• University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus — Aurora, Colorado, United States (enrolling)
• Colorado Joint Replacement — Denver, Colorado, United States (enrolling)

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