Total knee arthroplasty: Is continuous passive motion necessary?

ABSTRACT

We present our experience with total knee replacement without continuous passive motion [cpm] postoperatively, in comparison with earlier cases done with cpm two hourly per day combined with physiotherapy. The first group included 28 patients with 30 knees replaced with the closure technique called "drop and dangl" and without cpm postoperatively done in the period between 1999 and 2002. The other group of 20 patients done in the period between 1997 and 1999 had a postoperative regimen of two hours cpm per day with physiotherapy. The functional outcome and range of movement did not differ between the two groups at one year postoperatively and afterward