The analgesic effect of thermal therapy after total knee arthroplasty

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine : Research on Paradigm, Practice, and Policy
Ching H WongChi-Feng Liu

Abstract

Pain induced by surgery is a dynamic symptom, which may be quite variable even in the same surgical procedures. The purpose of this study was to investigate the analgesic effect of far infrared rays on the patients during the postoperative period of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The selection and application of analgesic methods after the orthopedic surgery are therefore valuable for advanced studies. The quasi-experimental design with a total five consecutive days of far infrared ray (FIR) thermal therapy was employed in this study. The study involved 41 participants assigned by register code entry on computer to either the intervention or the control group. The FIR pads were applied on the acupoints of ST37 (Shang Chu Hsu), ST38 (Tiao Kou), ST39 (Hsia Chu Hsu), and ST40 (Feng Lung) of the patients involved in the experimental group from the third day to the fifth day after the TKA. The analgesic effect was evaluated via the pain intensity of the numeric rating scale (NRS) level and serum concentration of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and endothelin-1 (ET-1). The FIR showed that the significant effects are on relieving pain and lowering the levels of IL-6 and ET-1. The results cannot only be the reference for the postoperative pain re...Continue Reading

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BETA
infrared
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
ELISA

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Statistical Package for the Social Sciences ( SPSS )

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