Inflammation and post-operative recovery in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty-secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

TY - JOUR

T1 - Inflammation and post-operative recovery in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty-secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

AU - Langkilde, A

AU - Jakobsen, T L

AU - Bandholm, T Q

AU - Eugen-Olsen, J

AU - Blauenfeldt, Thomas

AU - Petersen, J

AU - Andersen, O

N1 - Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

PY - 2017/8

Y1 - 2017/8

N2 - OBJECTIVE: Reduced function persists for many patients after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Inflammation is part of osteoarthritis' pathophysiology, and surgery induces a marked inflammatory response. We therefore wanted to explore the role of inflammation in long-term recovery after TKA, and thus conducted this secondary analysis of our randomized controlled trial (RCT) of physical rehabilitation ± progressive strength training (PST). We aimed to investigate whether (1) inflammation is associated with functional performance, knee-extension strength, and knee pain before TKA; (2) PST affects inflammation, and the inflammatory state over time; (3) baseline or surgery-induced inflammation modifies the effect of rehabilitation ± PST on change in 6-min walk test (Δ6MWT); and (4) baseline or surgery-induced inflammation is associated with Δ6MWT following TKA.DESIGN: In the primary trial report's per-protocol analysis, 72/82 patients were included. Sixty had ≥1 blood sample before and after TKA, and were included in this secondary analysis. Inflammation was measured by interferon γ-inducible protein (IP)-10, soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α at baseline; day 1, week 4, 8, and 26 after TKA.RESULTS: At baseline, suPAR (P = 006) was negatively associated with 6MWT. Neither baseline nor surgery-induced inflammation modified the response to rehabilitation ± PST. Only surgery-induced IL-10 was associated with Δ6MWT26 weeks-baseline (P = 0.001), also adjusted for 6MWTbaseline, age, sex and body mass index (BMI).CONCLUSION: In this secondary analysis, only increased surgery-induced IL-10 response was associated with decreased long-term functional performance after TKA. The importance of controlling the surgery-induced immune response remains to be investigated further.TRIAL IDENTIFICATION: NCT01351831.

AB - OBJECTIVE: Reduced function persists for many patients after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Inflammation is part of osteoarthritis' pathophysiology, and surgery induces a marked inflammatory response. We therefore wanted to explore the role of inflammation in long-term recovery after TKA, and thus conducted this secondary analysis of our randomized controlled trial (RCT) of physical rehabilitation ± progressive strength training (PST). We aimed to investigate whether (1) inflammation is associated with functional performance, knee-extension strength, and knee pain before TKA; (2) PST affects inflammation, and the inflammatory state over time; (3) baseline or surgery-induced inflammation modifies the effect of rehabilitation ± PST on change in 6-min walk test (Δ6MWT); and (4) baseline or surgery-induced inflammation is associated with Δ6MWT following TKA.DESIGN: In the primary trial report's per-protocol analysis, 72/82 patients were included. Sixty had ≥1 blood sample before and after TKA, and were included in this secondary analysis. Inflammation was measured by interferon γ-inducible protein (IP)-10, soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α at baseline; day 1, week 4, 8, and 26 after TKA.RESULTS: At baseline, suPAR (P = 006) was negatively associated with 6MWT. Neither baseline nor surgery-induced inflammation modified the response to rehabilitation ± PST. Only surgery-induced IL-10 was associated with Δ6MWT26 weeks-baseline (P = 0.001), also adjusted for 6MWTbaseline, age, sex and body mass index (BMI).CONCLUSION: In this secondary analysis, only increased surgery-induced IL-10 response was associated with decreased long-term functional performance after TKA. The importance of controlling the surgery-induced immune response remains to be investigated further.TRIAL IDENTIFICATION: NCT01351831.

KW - Journal Article

U2 - 10.1016/j.joca.2017.03.008

DO - 10.1016/j.joca.2017.03.008

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 28323139

SN - 1063-4584

VL - 25

SP - 1265

EP - 1273

JO - Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

JF - Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

IS - 8

ER -