TKA: Outpatient physiotherapy does not result in improved knee ROM at 1 year .
Does a Standard Outpatient Physiotherapy Regime Improve the Range of Knee Motion After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty?
J Arthroplasty. 2008 Dec;23(8):1110-4. Epub 2008 Mar 7150 patients undergoing total knee arthoplasty were recruited and randomized to either receive outpatient physiotherapy or no outpatient physiotherapy. The results indicated that at 1 year, there were no statistically significant differences in knee range of motion between the two groups. However, a greater rapid improvement in knee flexion was observed up to 3 months in the outpatient physiotherapy group, but after 3 months the two groups improved at similar rates.
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