Efficacy of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Exercise Programme in Patients With Total Knee Arthroplasty
Knee Arthroplasty
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Knee Arthroplasty
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Having undergone unilateral total knee arthroplasty surgery and being 6 weeks postoperative Participate in all necessary follow-up assessments 60 years of age or older Understand simple commands Signing the consent form Exclusion Criteria: A previous history of total knee arthroplasty Presence of revision surgery Presence of severe osteoarthritis in the contralateral knee Severe acute metabolic neuromuscular and cardiovascular diseases Extreme obesity (bki>35) Presence of malignancy Have any other orthopedic or neurological problem that may affect treatment and assessments Situations that prevent communication Lack of cooperation during the study
Sites / Locations
- Fethiye State HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Intervention Group
Control Group
In addition to the program given to the control group, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation exercise will be given to the study group as previously described (Gstoettner et al., 2011). These applications will be applied to the patients for 8 weeks, 2 days a week in the clinical environment after the initial evaluation. In addition, both groups will be told that they can contact the researcher when requested.
The control group will receive the usual post-operative care of stretching lower extremity strengthening balance exercises activities of daily living recommendations.