I am searching for literature and evidence showing the effect of exercises and pre-rehabilitation programms on the outcome of total knee replacement surgery.
The patients group of interest are adult patients with degenerative osteoarthritis of the knee joint.
Outcomes of interest are: pain, disability, loss of funtion, quality of life and function of the knee joint.
Feel free to kontakt me if you have any tipps or information on this topic.
Also case reports of own clinical experience are welcome.
Preoperative and postoperative rehabilitation depends a lot on muscle tone. In my opinion, for a good recovery of the motor function of the knee, both preoperative and postoperative physiotherapy exercises are necessary.
Hallo Mr. Gogulesco,
I agree with you that both, pre- and postoperative rehabilitation are necessary for optimal outcomes for patients with osteoarthritis.
I also agree that muscle strength and tone are a valid measurement to assess success of rehabilitation, however there are many different possibilities to increase strength and muscle tonus.
My current research is focused on preoperative rehabilitation regarding osteoarthritis of the knee, since this topic is not very present in clinical practice in Europe.
Therefore I am interested in specific exercises patients can perform. The goal ist to give a recommendation to hospitals and doctors which can be used to utilize the waiting time of patients until surgery is performed effectively.
If you know any studies, trials or have clinical experience of your own practice, I would be very happy if you could share it with me.
Best regards.
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