Impact of a Technique of Massage During the First Week of Hospitalization on the Recycling of the Mobility of the Knee Further to the Installation of Knee Replacement

NCT02278627 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: I11002
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 44
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

During fthe first postoperative days, physiotherapists supported patients with knee replacement in orthopaedics of Saint-Junien's and Limoges' hospitals. This support includes movements of the leg in active and non active motions, without any help and with an arthromotor, and involves walking rehabilitation. The investigators would like to complete the physiotherapist's support with manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) using a specific method based on pressure of finger splayed (PFS). This might have a positive impact on time recovery of joint range, on postoperative oedema resorbtion and on patient's pain during rehabilitation classes. French National Authority for Health specifies there is not a single study assessing massage effects on knee replacement, according to current bibliography. The investigators purpose is the establishment of a prospective, controlled, randomised trial referred as a "superiority" trial. A total of 98 patients divided in 2 parallel groups will be created. The study will be in an open-label manner for both patient and physiotherapist involved in walk rehabilitation but will be conducted as a blinded study for the investigating physiotherapist. Inclusion period will be 17 months and the following period will be 6 weeks.

Conditions

Orthopedic Surgery

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• To measure the joint range at day 7 after operation

  The measures will be made with a goniometer

  2 days (Day 0 and Day 7)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• To measure the oedema at day 7 after operation

  2 days (Day 0 and Day 7)

Study Arms (2)

manual lymphatic drainage

EXPERIMENTAL

We wish to complete the physiotherapist's support with manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) using a specific method based on pressure of finger splayed (PFS)

Other: manual lymphatic drainage

Usual treatment

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

manual lymphatic drainage OTHER

manual lymphatic drainage

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• At least 18-years-old patients.
• Men and women operated for a knee replacement.
• Patients affiliated to a social security system and having given their informed consent write.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients operated on Fridays
• Patients presenting contraindications to the administration of a treatment by héparine
• Patients affected by insane pathology or by confusion.
• Patients participating in another medical research
• Pregnant and breast-feeding women and without effective contraception.
• Patients under guardianship or guardianship.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Limoges: lead

Study Sites (1)

University Hospital, Limoges

Limoges, 87 042, France

Location

Related Publications (1)

• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kine.2021.11.014

  RESULT

Related Links

• Brigitte Preneuf-Pauthier ; Impact of a manual veno-lymphatic stimulation according to the Schiltz method on the recovery of knee mobility following total knee arthroplasty: A randomized controlled trial Kinésithérapie, la Revue ; Volume 22, Issue 250,

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Massage; Therapy, Soft Tissue; Musculoskeletal Manipulations; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Drainage; Physical Therapy Modalities; Rehabilitation

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 11, 2014
• First Posted: October 30, 2014
• Study Start: September 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2017
• Study Completion: December 1, 2017
• Last Updated: March 27, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-07

Locations

FR (1)