Effect of Volume of Local Anesthetic for Adductor Canal Block on Quadriceps Muscle Function: A Dose Finding Study
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2015-11-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Adductor canal block is commonly offered to provide pain relief following knee surgery with
the hope that they cause less leg weakness than traditionally performed femoral nerve block.
Infrequently, adductor canal blocks also result in leg weakness thereby potentially limiting
the advantages of the technique. Investigators want to find out the effective dose for a 30%
response (volume of local anesthetic which would result in clinically significant weakness of
the leg)