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Abstract
PURPOSE:

This trial compared the clinical effectiveness of a combination of microcurrent therapy (M) with
conventional postoperative physiotherapy treatment versus the combination of the latter with a sham (S)
treatment after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in terms of patient-related functional outcome parameters.

METHODS:

A total of 78 inpatients after TKA was randomized into the active versus the sham treatment samples; all
patients received ten applications of their respective therapy assignment. The primary clinical endpoint of
the investigation was defined as the three-months intraindividual change (%) in a patient's OSWESTRY
total function score after start of treatment. Secondary endpoints were the WOMAC osteoarthritis index as
well as a patient's pain profile as assessed by a visual analogue scale before start of treatment, after five
and ten therapeutic applications, and three months after discharge from hospital.

RESULTS:

The M sample showed a median increase of 31% (22-38%) in the OSWESTRY total score from 53%
before start of treatment to 91% three months afterwards; the control sample showed an increase of 18%
(3-31%) in median from 56 % to 78%; the samples differed significantly in this three-months increase
(p<0,001) but not in the baseline OSWESTRY score before start of treatment (p=0,841).

CONCLUSION:

This randomized trial could demonstrate statistically significant superiority of microcurrent therapy
embedded in conventional postoperative rehabilitation treatment after TKA versus the combination with a
sham treatment. The results indicate an early introduction of microcurrent therapy concepts into
postoperative treatment.

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart New York.

PMID:

          20533147

          [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

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