Compression and Cold Therapy on the Post-Operative Shoulder
Status: | Completed |
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Conditions: | Post-Surgical Pain, Orthopedic |
Therapuetic Areas: | Musculoskeletal, Orthopedics / Podiatry |
Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | 18 - 75 |
Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
Start Date: | June 2008 |
End Date: | December 2014 |
The Effectiveness of Simultaneous Intermittent Compression and Continuous Cold Therapy on the Post-Operative Shoulder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare clinical post-operative outcomes for
patients using active cooling and compression device and those using ice bags and elastic
wrap after acromioplasty or arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.
patients using active cooling and compression device and those using ice bags and elastic
wrap after acromioplasty or arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient has undergone unilateral Rotator cuff repair or Acromioplasty
- Willing to sign a consent form
- Able to follow study procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
- Non-ambulatory
- Participation in concurrent investigational protocol
- Any bleeding coagulopathies
- Raynaud's disease or other vasospastic hypersensitivity or circulatory syndromes
- Hypertension (due to secondary vasoconstriction)
- Compromised local circulation (including localized compromise due to multiple
surgical procedures)
- A history of vascular impairment (such as frostbite or arterial sclerosis)
- Cold allergy (cold urticaria) or prior adverse reactions to cold application
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Local limb ischemia
- Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
- Cryoglobulinemia or any disease that produces a marked cold pressor response
- Inflammatory phlebitis
- Acute inflammations of the veins (thrombophlebitis)
- Decompensated cardiac insufficiency
- Arterial dysregulation
- Erysipelas
- Deep acute venal thrombosis (phlebothrombosis)
- Carcinoma and carcinoma metastasis in the affected extremity
- Decompensated hypertonia
- Pulmonary embolisms
- Congestive heart failure
- Pulmonary edema
- Suspected deep vein thrombosis
- Acute inflammatory skin diseases
- Infection
- Venous or arterial occlusive disease
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