No effect of continuous passive motion after arthroplasty of the knee.
We randomly allocated 54 patients to active physical therapy only or this combined with 2 hours of passive knee motion twice daily from 2-12 days after total knee arthroplasty. The range of knee motion was measured on the 14th postoperative day. We found no difference between the groups. We concluded that 4 hours' passive motion daily in addition to early, active physical therapy does not improve the range of knee motion or promote mobilization after arthroplasty.
Nielsen
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PT
Department of Orthopedics, Hillerød Hospital, Denmark.
Rechnagel
K
K
Nielsen
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SE
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000379:methods*; D011897:Random Allocation