Home Rehabilitation in Patients After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Rehabilitation
Osteoarthritis

Interventions: Other: Verbal Information and Booklet
Other: Schedule

Registration Number: NCT02409719

Lead Sponsor: Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon

Brief Summary: The investigators include patients attending the outpatient clinic in the area of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the investigators hospital with a diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis, which treatment requires surgery. Patients will be divided into two groups. In both groups, they will be given verbal, clear and detailed information on the approach to follow, the exercises given in brochures, and in the study group a schedule will be given in order to record rehabilitation exercises in patients after total knee replacement (TKA). Both groups will be assessed before and after surgery, together with outpatient follow-up by, WOMAC, Visual Analogue Scale and OKS (Oxford Knee Score).

Detailed Description: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common rheumatic disease worldwide. OA cause joint pain and occupational disability in the adult population. In Mexico, OA is one of the top ten reasons of consultation in primary attention care.

Joint arthroplasty is a major advance in the treatment of chronic joint pain. It is indicated in patients in whose conservative medical therapy has failed. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a surgery that reduces pain and improves function and quality of life in patients with knee disorders, actually is one of the most successful medical procedures. However, a critical consideration in patients with TKA is the successful control of postoperative pain. An adequate pain control allows faster rehabilitation, reduces complications and is highly correlated with patient satisfaction. A multimodal pain management decreases the use of narcotics, improve pain scores, increase patient satisfaction and allows early recovery.

Regarding postoperative rehabilitation, its suggested that rehabilitation programs are based on a biopsychosocial philosophy and integrate exercises and self-management interventions are effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Rehabilitation therapy an important area that should be considered. It helps people recover faster from their illness, injury or medical procedures and make possible to get back to their daily activities.

The World Health Organization describes rehabilitation as a process that aims to enable people to maintain and achieve their physical, sensory, intellectual, functional, psychological and social level in an optimal way. It is known that rehabilitation involves contributions from various health disciplines, including physical therapy and occupational therapy and offered in inpatient, outpatient and community patients.

In patients with total knee replacement, rehabilitation interventions may involve education and exercise before surgery, early mobilization while being in the hospital and a postoperative program, along with an adequate pain management.

Perioperative care has shown an improvement in the recovery, it reduces hospital day stay, convalescent and risk of postoperative medical complications.

It has been shown that early initiation of rehabilitation within 24 hours after total knee arthroplasty reduces in-hospital time and decreases the number of sessions required to achieve autonomy, balance and normal gait. Madsen et al. demonstrated that rehabilitation exercises at home have the same effect as those made in rehabilitation group within six months postoperatively, based on a study of 80 patients randomly divided into a control- study group.

Optimal pain management is vital seeking to achieve the goal of recovery called fast track. It involves early therapy with specialized protocols, early discharge and quick recovery. Lamplot et al. demonstrated in a prospective randomized study of 36 patients, using this method, a decrease in opioid consumption and its adverse effects, a decreased pain score, a shortening time for physical therapy and an increase in patient satisfaction.

Postoperative analgesia can be achieved by a variety of techniques. These include: intravenous analgesia, epidural analgesia, techniques for peripheral nerve block and periarticular injections. All aim to control pain in patients and provide the better satisfaction.

Integrating these interventions in a clinical pathway, better functional results are obtained, hospital stay is reduced and there is an improvement in the patient's recovery, mainly in short-term.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 76

Inclusion Criteria

Age between 18 and 90 years
Patients with Knee osteoarthritis (OA) grade 4 ( Kellgren-Lawrence based on radiographic findings)
Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) for primary OA
Rapid rehabilitation desire

Exclusion Criteria

Age <18 and > 90 years
Patients with Knee osteoarthritis grade 1-2 ( Kellgren-Lawrence based on radiographic findings)
Patients with asociated Rheumatic syndromes
Patients with anticoagulant therapy
Patients with hepatic problems, Diabetes Mellitus, Coagulopathy, hearth conditions, immunodepressed, or infections
Drugs abuse history
Physiatric disease
Pregnant patients
Patients with hemoglobin values < 11g/dl , platelets < 150,000/ μL

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control - Verbal information and Booklet	Verbal Information and Booklet	Verbal information will be provided in order to explain how the patient should perform physical rehabilitation exercises. Furthermore, an illustrative booklet with representative exercises will be given.
Study - Verbal information, Booklet & Schedule.	Schedule	Verbal information will be provided in order to explain how the patient should perform physical rehabilitation exercises. Furthermore, an illustrative booklet with representative exercises will be given. Also, an illustrative daily schedule to mark on the exact day in which the exercise was performed
Study - Verbal information, Booklet & Schedule.	Verbal Information and Booklet	Verbal information will be provided in order to explain how the patient should perform physical rehabilitation exercises. Furthermore, an illustrative booklet with representative exercises will be given. Also, an illustrative daily schedule to mark on the exact day in which the exercise was performed

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Total WOMAC Score	up to 12 months (O, 2, 4, 6 weeks, 3,6 and 12 months)	The total score is provided for Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC). It is a widely score used in the evaluation of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis. Consists of a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 24 items divided into 3 subscales: pain (5 items), stiffness (2 items), and physical functioning (17 items) of the joints. * Scale Range: 5 items of pain (score range 0-20), 2 items for stiffness (score range 0-8), and 17 items for functional limitation (score range 0-68). The test questions are scored on a scale of 0-4, which correspond to: None (0), Mild (1), Moderate (2), Severe (3), and Extreme (4). Total WOMAC score range 0-96. * For each subscale higher values represent worse outcomes. * Subscales are summed for a total WOMAC score. Higher scores on the WOMAC indicate worse pain, stiffness, and functional limitations. WOMAC Index was developed in 1982 at Western Ontario and McMaster Universities.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analog Scale (Measure of Pain Intensity)	up to 12 months (O, 2, 4, 6 weeks, 3,6 and 12 months)	The pain Visual Analog Scale is a unidimensional measure of pain intensity. The scale is most commonly anchored by "no pain " (score of 0) and "pain as bad as it could be" or "worst imaginable pain" (scale of 10).