“Physiotherapy and Therapeutic Education on Patients With Pain Catastrophizing Scheduled for a Total Knee Arthroplasty: Randomized Controlled Trial” is a multidisciplinary project in collaboration with the Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology department of the Germans Trias i Pujol Universitary Hospital. Pain catastrophizing has emerged as a significant predictor for poor postoperative outcomes after a TKA. Such cognition has shown to be easily modifiable with commonly performed physiotherapy interventions as therapeutic exercise and pain neuroscience education. Therefore, the primary aim of the study is to investigate if subjects with high pain catastrophizing scheduled for TKA, who participate in a preoperative multimodal physiotherapy intervention designed to lower such levels, have better postoperative outcomes after the TKA. Other researchers of the group involved are Mirari Ochandorena-Acha.
This project has been funded by The Catalan Board of Physiotherapists.
RELATED PAPERS, STUDIES, OUTPUTS
Effectiveness of Pain Neuroscience Education and Physiotherapy in High Catastrophizing subjects scheduled for a Total Knee Arthroplasty: Randomized Clinical Trial (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343750127_Effectiveness_of_Pain_Neuroscience_Education_and_Physiotherapy_in_High_Catastrophism_subjects_scheduled_for_a_Total_Knee_Arthroplasty_Randomized_Clinical_Trial)
Effectivenes of Pain Neuroscience Education and Coping Skills Training for patients with Catastrophizing scheduled for a Total Knee Arthroplasty: Randomized Controlled Pilot Study (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343750073_Effectiveness_of_pain_neuroscience_education_and_coping_skills_training_for_patients_with_pain_catastrophism_scheduled_for_a_total_knee_arthroplasty_randomized_controlled_pilot_study?_sg=3JSG50uzKVR7-P_gXS4NumIFwzpKVHBmOk_FVaU52wx2eWtgKru5AH1VpimFM7vyEaWrJ_VXVV3M9XO5__9JkfdnqLgBApxQsPCfk7eA.lirS4ZRU8zgUbW4W2tWU_jb9guWFWs091mc3PBLMbKtpMzwaK2mngzFkpoD2nDdgnFlJ31XO5_7bllkeQ6-yjw)
CONTACT
Marc Terradas-Monllor: marc.terradas@uvic.cat