The Effect of Local Anesthetic Volume Within the Adductor Canal on Quadriceps Function Evaluated by Electromyography
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2015-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Our aim is to investigate which components of the quadriceps femoris muscle are affected
following an ACB with different volumes (10, 20 and 30 ml) of 1% lignocaine evaluated by
electromyography. Both a placebo treatment (20ml saline) and the femoral nerve block (20ml
lignocaine 1%) as an active comparative will be used for model control. Further, we want to
investigate the effect of volume on motor block. This will be evaluated by measuring the
Maximum Voluntary Isometric Contraction (MVIC) of the quadriceps femoris muscle.