Effect of a 6-week rehabilitation program on gait parameters after total knee arthroplasty
Saudi Medical Journal. 2010; 31 (9): 1032-1035
in English
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ABSTRACT
To investigate early changes in gait parameters following total knee arthroplasty [TKA]. Fifteen patients scheduled to undergo unilateral TKA at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre [KFSHRC], Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between March 2009 and February 2010, were included in the study. This study was a prospective pretest-posttest experimental design; all patients underwent unilateral TKA, and were subjected to a 6-week standard postoperative rehabilitation program. Pain intensity and gait variables were evaluated before surgery and 6-weeks postoperatively using the Visual Analogue Scale and simple footprint method. Statistical analysis showed improvement in pain intensity and reduction in gait velocity, cadence, and stride length following the 6-week postoperative exercise intervention compared with preoperatively. A 6-week postoperative exercise program is not a long enough time-period to restore walking abilities to their pre-surgery values in patients undergoing TKA. A longer period of rehabilitation is needed to improve the quality of the patient's gait
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Time Factors
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Pain Measurement
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Prospective Studies
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Gait
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Knee Joint
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Saudi Med. J.
Year:
2010
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