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Continuous Femoral Nerve Blocks: Effects of Catheter Tip Location Relative to the Femoral Nerve on Sensory and Motor Function
To determine if the way local anesthetic, or numbing medication, is delivered through a tiny tube next to the nerves that go to the thigh affects the strength and sensation in the thigh.
Details
| Lead sponsor | University of California, San Diego |
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| Phase | Phase 4 |
| Status | COMPLETED |
| Enrolment | 19 |
| Start date | 2010-01 |
| Completion | 2011-06 |
Conditions
- Continuous Femoral Nerve Blocks in Healthy Volunteers
Interventions
- Catheter Anterior to the Femoral Nerve
- Catheter Posterior to the Femoral Nerve
Primary outcomes
- Quadriceps femoris muscle strength — percentage of baseline muscle strength six hours after infusion initiation
The primary end point will be the quadriceps femoris maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) expressed as a percentage of the pre-ropivacaine MVIC: post / pre x 100; with the two sides of each subject compared with each other
Countries
United States