Cryo and Compression Therapy After TKA and UKA
Osteo Arthritis Knee
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Osteo Arthritis Knee focused on measuring total knee arthroplasty, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients scheduled for a primary TKA or UKA in the Martini Hospital.
- Age ≥ 18 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- per-operative switch from UKA to TKA (only applicable for the UKA patients),
- revision TKA implant (only applicable for the TKA patients),
- rheumatoid arthritis,
- other co-morbidities on which cooling may have a negative effect on (based on judgement of the orthopaedic surgeon),
- inability to read and understand the Dutch language.
Because the cool pack needs to be cooled in a freezer, it is required that a patient or the nursing home has a freezer that can be used.
Sites / Locations
- Martini ziekenhuisRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
No Intervention
Experimental
No Intervention
Total knee arthroplasty cryo-and compression group
Total knee arthroplasty regular care group
Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty cryo- and compression group
Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty regular care group
use of the cryo- and compression brace during the six postoperative weeks
regular care during the six postoperative weeks
use of the cryo- and compression brace during the six postoperative weeks
regular care during the six postoperative weeks