Clinical Trial: Central Sensitization in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients with Persistent Pain
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Pain, Chronic Postsurgical
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Central Sesitization in Patients with Persistent Postsurgical Pain After a Knee Arthroplasty: a Prospective, Case Control, Observational Study
Brief Summary:
Persistent post-surgical pain is a significant adverse effect after total knee arthroplasty, present in around 20% of the patients.Central sensitization may contribute to developing and maintaining pain.Therefore studies should investigate if pain processing altered mechanisms are present in this population.
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