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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Orthopedic Surgery

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University Hospital, Limoges

Limoges, 87 042, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

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.

Exclusion criteria

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.

Treatment and study plan

Manual lymphatic drainage

Other

Primary outcomes

To measure the joint range at day 7 after operation

Time frame: 2 days (Day 0 and Day 7)

The measures will be made with a goniometer

Secondary outcomes

To measure the oedema at day 7 after operation

Time frame: 2 days (Day 0 and Day 7)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Limoges

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Registry information

Acronym: PTGMass

Important dates

Study start: 2014
Primary completion: 2017
Study completion: 2017
First posted: Oct 30, 2014
Registry last updated: Mar 27, 2026

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