Open AccessDoes Rehabilitation before Total Knee Arthroplasty Benefit Postoperative Recovery? A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Rajrishi Sharma,
Mohammad Ahadzadeh Ardebili,
Irfan Abdulla
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/ortho.ijortho_643_17
Subject(s) - medicine , physical therapy , rehabilitation , cinahl , osteoarthritis , medline , randomized controlled trial , confidence interval , arthroplasty , inclusion and exclusion criteria , evidence based medicine , surgery , psychological intervention , alternative medicine , pathology , psychiatry , political science , law
Arthritis is the most common form of joint disease. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the most effective surgical intervention for end-stage knee osteoarthritis. The purpose of this study is to access whether patients who participated in preoperative rehabilitation before primary TKA received any postoperative benefit compared to patients who did not participate in preoperative rehabilitation.