Active clinical trials for "Joint Diseases"

Total joint replacement is an ideal procedure to treat end stage joint disease. Good post-op pain relief could accelerate patient recovery and rehabilitation, and decrease admission days and medical cost. Local injection of LevoBupivacaine is an effective method in post-operative pain control. The effectiveness of local analgesia was noticed clinically. However, thorough studies about the pharmacokinetics of LevoBupivacaine, maintenance of effect, influence of post-operative rehabilitation are not well studied in different way of injection. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and analyze the pharmacokinetics and effect of local Levobupivacaine injection in different ways, the amount of post-operative fentanyl requirement after local injection, time to first fentanyl request, pain score, immediate post-operative function, side effect of analgesic agents, and medical cost, and to improve the quality of total joint replacement post-operative care.

MicroPort Orthopedics (MPO) is conducting this post market clinical follow-up (PMCF) study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its total hip arthroplasty (THA) European Union (EU) . These types of studies are required by regulatory authorities for all THA devices that do not have clinical evidence available at the time of gaining approval to market in the EU. This study has been designed in accordance with MEDDEV 2.12/2 rev 2.

To evaluate the ability of Erector spina Plane block and Psoas compartment block to decrease postoperative pain and analgesia requirements in patients undergoing hip surgery.

Background. The recurrence of hemarthrosis in patients with hemophilia favors the development of an intra-articular, degenerative and progressive lesion (hemophilic arthropathy). Pain is one of the main clinical manifestations of this arthropathy. Objective. Assess the safety and efficacy of an intervention in pain through visualization of the movement using a mobile application of augmented reality and immersive 360º video, regarding the frequency of bleeding and the improvement of pain perception and quality of life, joint state , strength and functionality in patients with hemophilic arthropathy. Study design. Randomized, multicenter, simple blind clinical study. Method. 140 patients with hemophilia A and B will be recruited in this study. Patients will be recruited in 5 regions of Spain. The 8 dependent variables will be: frequency of bleeding (self-registration), pain (measured with the visual analogue scale and pressure algometer, Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia and Pain Catastrophizing Scale), quality of life (SF-12 scale), anxiety (questionnaire Anxiety State-Trait-STAI), joint state (Hemophilia Joint Health Score scale), muscular strength (dynamometer) and functionality (6-Minutes Walking test, Quick Disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand). Three evaluations will be carried out: pre-treatment, post-treatment and after a 6-month follow-up period. Expected results. Observe the effectiveness of movement visualization in the characteristics of pain, and its implication in functionality, joint state, muscular strength and the perception of quality of life in patients with hemophilic arthropathy.

The objective of the study is to evaluate if occlusal stabilization splints equilibrated by articulating paper will have equivalent effect in comparison to occlusal stabilization splints equilibrated by T-scan regarding the relief of the TMD signs and symptoms

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) causes a great medical burden globally, and the same-day discharge (SDD) method has previously been considered to be cost saving. However, a standard cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) is needed to evaluated the benefits of SDD when performing THA from the perspective of both economic and clinical outcomes. So the objective is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of SDD for hip replacement. This was a single center, pragmatic RCT with a 6-month follow up. Eighty-four participants who met the inclusion criteria were randomized to either the SDD group or the inpatient group (42 per group). Outcomes were assessed by an independent orthopedist who was not in the surgical team, using the Oxford Hip Score (OHS), EuroQol 5D (EQ-5D) and 36-Item Short-From Health Survey (SF-36) scores at the baseline and the 6-month follow up. All interviews were conducted face to face. All the cost information was collected both from payment receipts and insurance reimbursement records.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use and efficacy of the 3DKnee™ System using Vitamin E UHMWPE tibial inserts for total knee replacement surgery.

The purpose of this study is to compare the survivorship and efficacy of the Encore 3DKnee™ system with that of the Encore MJS™ Knee System in a group of 600 patients for whom data collection is already under way.

To evaluate an analgesic effect without basal administration of local anesthetics for patient-controlled femoral nerve block (with sciatic nerve block) after total knee arthroplasty.

Over 300,000 hip arthroplasties are performed each year in the United States.1 This number has been steadily increasing over the last two decades, likely due to increased life expectancy and, more significantly, the obesity epidemic. Traditionally, this procedure has been performed under general anesthesia. However, neuraxial and regional anesthesia have become more commonly utilized to aid in postoperative analgesia. Postoperative pain control has a significant impact on earlier ambulation, initiation of physical therapy, better functional recovery, and overall patient satisfaction.2 Moreover; optimal pain management can reduce the duration of hospitalization and the risk of adverse events, such as deep vein thrombus. The use of regional anesthesia reduces the postoperative opioid requirement, thereby decreasing the degree to which patients suffer the side effects of opioids, namely sedation and constipation, and less frequently nausea, vomiting, respiratory depression, pruritus, and retention. In the past, femoral nerve block, fascia iliaca compartment block, lumbar plexus block and the quadratus lumborum block have been shown efficacious for pain relief for hip arthroplasty. However there are several risk factors such as quadricep weakness and difficulty of the block that causes a limitation in the used of this blocks. Recently, the erector spinae plane block has been introduced as an alternative to the blocks above. This block was first described in the literature in 2016 when it was used to treat chronic neuropathic thoracic pain. Since then, there have been studies demonstrating its efficacy with a thoracic approach for analgesia in breast surgery and rib fractures.9 Only two case reports to date have demonstrated a lumbar approach to achieve analgesia for hip arthroplasty.10,11 The purpose of the study is to determine whether or not a lumbar erector spinae plane block is effective at improving postoperative pain in patients receiving hip arthroplasty.