Ear Acupuncture for Pain Associated With Ambulatory Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigators propose to complete a randomized controlled trial to compare ear acupuncture at Cingulate gyrus, thalamus, omega 2, shen-men, and point zero on the right and left ear plus standard of care versus standard of care alone for symptomatic treatment of pain following ambulatory arthroscopic knee surgery. After the subject has been discharged, phone calls, emails or text messages will be made at 24 and 48 hours, 1 week and 1 month. These contacts will be used to assess the subject's pain level, ambulation status, doses of analgesics taken and time to return to full duty. At 1 week and 1 month, subjects will be asked the PIQ-6 Pain Impact Questionnaire.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Mike O'Callaghan Federal Hospital; Mike O'Callaghan Military Hospital

Criteria

Inclusion:

• Tricare beneficiaries receiving care at Nellis AFB.

• Male and female subjects (DoD beneficiaries), 18 years or older scheduled for ambulatory unilateral arthroscopic knee surgery.

• Unilateral arthroscopic knee surgery debridement.

Exclusion:

• History of significant gastrointestinal bleed

• Previous documented history of stage 2 kidney disease or worse

• Pregnant or breastfeeding

• History of gastric bypass surgery

• Chronic oral steroids use

• Absence of ear

• Active cellulitis of ear

• Ear anatomy precluding identification of acupuncture landmarks

• Non-English speaking

• Taking Coumadin or any Heparin-based anticoagulant

• Use of Hearing Aids that preclude the insertion of ASP needles

• Allergy to study medications

• Inability to comply with study protocol

• Arthroscopic knee surgery with ligamentous repair