A Pleasant Sensation Evoked by Knee or Hand Icing Influences the Effect on Pain Intensity in Patients After Total knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Randomized, Cross-Over Study.
Tomohiko NishigamiSatoshi NakaoHiroshi KondoShota OdaAkira MibuPublished in: Journal of pain research (2019)
This study shows that a pleasant sensation evoked by knee or hand icing influenced the effect on pain intensity during maximal knee flexion in patients after TKA. Even if knee icing has no effect on pain and evokes no pleasant sensation, it may be worthwhile to conduct hand icing to reduce pain.
Keyphrases
- total knee arthroplasty
- chronic pain
- end stage renal disease
- pain management
- newly diagnosed
- neuropathic pain
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- knee osteoarthritis
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- high intensity
- anterior cruciate ligament
- patient reported outcomes
- spinal cord
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- resistance training