title: An Eccentrically Biased Rehabilitation Program Early after TKA Surgery.
abstract: Rehabilitation services are less-studied aspects of the management following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) despite long-term suboptimal physical functioning and chronic deficits in muscle function. This paper describes the preliminary findings of a six-week (12 session) eccentrically-biased rehabilitation program targeted at deficits in physical function and muscle function, initiated one month following surgery. A quasiexperimental, one group, pretest-posttest study with thirteen individuals (6 female, 7 male; mean age 57 ± 7 years) examined the effectiveness of an eccentrically-biased rehabilitation program. The program resulted in improvements in the primary physical function endpoints (SF-36 physical component summary and the six-minute walk test) with increases of 59% and 47%, respectively. Muscle function endpoints (knee extension strength and power) also increased 107% and 93%, respectively. Eccentrically-biased exercise used as an addition to rehabilitation may help amplify and accelerate physical function following TKA surgery.
authors: Department of Physical Therapy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.
authors: Robin L
authors: RL
authors: Marcus
authors: Yuri
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authors: Yoshida
authors: Whitney
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authors: Meier
authors: Christopher
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authors: Peters
authors: Paul C
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authors: Lastayo