Home-Based Versus Hospital-Based Rehabilitation Program After Total Knee Replacement

Overview

Journal Biomed Res Int

Publisher Wiley

Specialties Biomedical Engineering
Biotechnology
General Medicine

Date 2015 May 12

PMID 25961017

Citations 15

Authors

Remedios Lopez-Liria

David Padilla-Gongora

Daniel Catalan-Matamoros

Patricia Rocamora-Perez

Sagrario Perez-de la Cruz

Manuel Fernandez-Sanchez

Affiliations

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Abstract

Objectives: To compare home-based rehabilitation with the standard hospital rehabilitation in terms of improving knee joint mobility and recovery of muscle strength and function in patients after a total knee replacement.

Materials And Methods: A non-randomised controlled trial was conducted. Seventy-eight patients with a prosthetic knee were included in the study and allocated to either a home-based or hospital-based rehabilitation programme. Treatment included various exercises to restore strength and joint mobility and to improve patients' functional capacity. The primary outcome of the trial was the treatment effectiveness measured by the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC).

Results: The groups did not significantly differ in the leg side (right/left) or clinical characteristics (P > 0.05). After the intervention, both groups showed significant improvements (P < 0.001) from the baseline values in the level of pain (visual analogue scale), the range of flexion-extension motion and muscle strength, disability (Barthel and WOMAC indices), balance, and walking.

Conclusions: This study reveals that the rehabilitation treatments offered either at home or in hospital settings are equally effective.

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