Adductor Canal Blockade vs Femoral Nerve Blockade on Muscle Strength, Mobility and Pain After TKA

NCT01922596 ↗

Phase 4 Completed 50 enrolled University Hospital, Gentofte, Copenhagen

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

The purpose of the study is to compare the effect of a Adductor Canal Blockade (ACB) vs a Femoral Nerve Blockade (FNB), on muscle strength, mobility and pain in patients with severe pain (VAS pain score \> 60) after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA.

Timeline

Start: 2013-01
Primary completion: 2013-11
Completion: 2013-11

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper the quadriceps maximum voluntary isometric contraction increased to 193% (95% confidence interval [CI], 143-288) of the baseline value in the ACB group and decreased to 16% PMID 25376972 ↗

paper with an estimated difference of 178% (95% CI, 136-226), P < 0.0001. PMID 25376972 ↗

Publications

Grevstad U, Mathiesen O, Valentiner LS, Jaeger P, Hilsted KL, Dahl JB. Effect of adductor canal block versus femoral nerve block on quadriceps strength, mobilization, and pain after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized, blinded study. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2015 Jan-Feb;40(1):3-10. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000169.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Ropivacaine	Other / unclassified	30 ml	—

Indications

No indication recorded.