title: [Postoperative rehabilitation in patients with sequels of tuberculous and nonspecific gonitis after total endoprosthetic repair of the knee joint].
abstract: To evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitative measures, comprehensive studies have been conducted in 37 patients with sequels of tuberculous and nonspecific gonitis, who underwent primary total endoprosthetic repair of the knee joint with an Osteonics-7000 cement fixation prosthesis (USA) in 1996 to 2002. After discharge from hospital, 18 patients received a complete course of rehabilitation, 19 patients refused it for different reasons. The results were assessed just after completion of the course of rehabilitation (3 months after surgery), following 1 year and on the last examination (on the average 45.2 months later). Statistically significant advantages in the function of the knee joint and in the force of its extensors were observed in the group of patients undergoing a complete course of postoperative rehabilitation just after completion of the course and a year after surgery. The last examination revealed a great difference between the patients who had undergone a complete course of rehabilitation and those who had refused it.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Alekhin
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Lavrov
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Ivanova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011187:Posture; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000534:rehabilitation*