This study is looking at how well a combination of cold and compression therapy works to reduce pain after total knee replacement surgery. You would be compared to patients receiving standard care, which includes hydrocodone/APAP (a pain medication) and ice packs. The study wants to see if the cold and compression device can lower your pain scores, measured using a special pain scale. To join, you need to be at least 50 years old, have primary osteoarthritis, be scheduled for total knee replacement with Dr. Howard Hirsch or Dr. Vinod Dasa at Ochsner Kenner, and speak English. The study aims to enroll 90 participants.

Study design

This interventional study plans to enroll 90 participants. It compares two groups: one receiving cold and compression therapy, and another receiving standard care.

What's involved

You would have your pain scores measured before surgery, daily for 14 days after surgery, weekly for 3 months, and then at 6 months after surgery.

Compensation

Not stated in the trial record.

Follow-up

Participants will be followed for 6 months after surgery to measure pain scores.

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