2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Effects of hot fomentation on lower limb pain following total knee arthroplasty.
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24890204
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Fundamental nursing
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| Research Institution | Osaka Prefecture University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 下肢疼痛 / 人工膝関節全置換術 / 足浴 / 温罨法 / 疼痛緩和 |
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| Research Abstract |
Age-related knee osteoarthritis (OA) causes pain and joint function disorder, resulting in a marked decline in activities of daily living (ADLs) among the elderly. In addition to pain in the knee joint following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), a therapy for knee OA, rehabilitation also causes pain due to the activity load on the atrophied muscle. This study demonstrated that a pain alleviation effect was observed via psychological evaluation, and that hot fomentation using a foot bath before 10-minute self-rehabilitation is effective in alleviating pain.
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