Post-Operative Pain Control Study By UI Nursing Researcher
Current post-operative pain control methods have proved inadequate for those who have undergone total knee replacement (TKR), according to University of Iowa College of Nursing researcher.Barbara Rakel Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing, was recently awarded a $2.1 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research to study the use of balanced nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic strategies to improve movement-evoked pain and enhance function in TKR patients. [click link for full article]
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Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on September 13th, 2007