Pedaling-Based Protocol Superior to a Ten-Exercise, Non-Pedaling Protocol for Postoperative Rehabilitation Following Total Knee Replacement: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Conditions
- Total Knee ReplacementOsteoarthritisMusculoskeletal - OsteoarthritisPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - PhysiotherapySurgery - Other surgery
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12617000647336
- Lead Sponsor
- arissa Sattler
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 56
Patients of one particular Orthopaedic Surgeon at our Institution undergoing primary unilateral total knee replacement surgery with a primary diagnosis of osteoarthritis.
Patients will be excluded if they have a history of a mental illness or a condition which would interfere with the patient’s ability to understand the requirements of the study. This may include, but is not limited to, a history of dementia or short-term memory impairment. Participants will also be excluded if they have a predisposition to be discharged to an inpatient rehabilitation (or hostel) facility due to lack of social support (for example, the patient would otherwise return home with no carer availability) or other physical impairment that would mean they could not perform a home exercise program without handson” assistance.
Participants will also be excluded if they have a physical condition following surgery that makes them unable to participate in testing, i.e an extreme nauseous reaction following anaesthesia or a severe medical complication that would limit mobility such as a pulmonary embolism, or syncopal event.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 6 minute walk test [2 days, 2 weeks, and 4 months post TKR surgery]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method