Effect of 3-week preoperative rehabilitation on pain and daily physical activities in patients with severe osteoarthritis undergoing total knee arthroplasty

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Background: We hypothesized that 3 weeks of preoperative rehabilitation could improve postoperative pain in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of 3 weeks of preoperative rehabilitation on postoperative pain after TKA.

Methods: This prospective cohort study included 29 subjects (41 knees) divided into two groups: the preoperative rehabilitation group included 14 subjects (20 knees) and the control group included 15 subjects (21 knees). All subjects were scheduled for unilateral or bilateral TKA. The preoperative rehabilitation group completed a 90-min rehabilitation program 3 days per week for 3 weeks before their TKA. The rehabilitation included body weight exercise, resistance exercise, and cycle ergometer exercise. The control group did not undergo any rehabilitation prior to TKA. We assessed the patients using Western Ontario and McMaster Universities' Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and recorded their physical activity of walking, standing, sitting, and lying down at study entry and/or before TKA and 1 month after TKA.

Results: The WOMAC total and WOMAC pain scores were significantly lower after 3-weeks of rehabilitation, but before TKA and 1 month after surgery were significantly lower in the preoperative rehabilitation group than in the control group. The time spent walking, standing, sitting, and lying down for 12 h did not change after TKA in the preoperative rehabilitation group. In contrast, in the control group, the time spent in walking and standing positions decreased and the time in the sitting position increased after TKA (p < 0.05). Conclusion: We found that 3-week preoperative training reduced knee pain and helped maintain physical activity after surgery in patients with severe osteoarthritis who underwent TKA.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

British journal of pain - 16(2022), 5 vom: 18. Okt., Seite 472-480

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ohno, Chigusa [VerfasserIn]
Ogawa, Takahiro [VerfasserIn]
Taniguchi, Takaya [VerfasserIn]
Kinoshita, Tokio [VerfasserIn]
Fujita, Yasuhisa [VerfasserIn]
Nishimura, Yukihide [VerfasserIn]
Yamada, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Tajima, Fumihiro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Osteoarthritis
Physical activity
Preoperative rehabilitation
Total knee arthroplasty
Western Ontario and McMaster universities osteoarthritis index pain

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Date Revised 19.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/20494637221084190

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349023719