Initiating range of motion exercises within 24 hours following total knee arthroplasty affects the reduction of postoperative pain: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postoperative limitations in the range of motion (ROM) after TKA may occur occasionally and restrict a patient's ADL. Although ROM exercise is a means of increasing the ROM after TKA, the optimal time of initiating ROM exercise is still unclear. The purpose of this study is to examine different initiation timings of postoperative ROM exercises after TKA and to compare the results in terms of postoperative pain, swelling, and ROM improvement to determine the optimal time of initiating ROM exercises following TKA.

Methods

This was a prospective, single-center, single-blinded randomized controlled trial involving 109 patients scheduled for unilateral TKA. All patients underwent the physiotherapist assisted passive and active same rehabilitation program that only diff

SUBMITTER: Iwakiri K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7191316 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature