Recovery of gait speed and timed up and go test in three weeks after total knee arthroplasty.
| Autor: | Iwata, Akira, Sano, Yuki, Wanaka, Hideyuki, Kobayashi, Shingo, Okamoto, Kensuke, Yamahara, Jun, Inaba, Masaki, Konishi, Yuya, Inoue, Junji, Kanayama, Atsuki, Yamamoto, Saki, Iwata, Hiroshi |
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POSTOPERATIVE care
PHYSICAL therapy RESEARCH funding BODY mass index DATA analysis FUNCTIONAL assessment SCIENTIFIC observation HOSPITAL care EARLY ambulation (Rehabilitation) PREOPERATIVE care DIAGNOSIS GAIT in humans DESCRIPTIVE statistics LONGITUDINAL method TOTAL knee replacement CONVALESCENCE ONE-way analysis of variance STATISTICS WALKING speed EXERCISE tests COMPARATIVE studies DATA analysis software PHYSICAL mobility PATIENT aftercare REHABILITATION |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Physiotherapy; Oct2024, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p256-259, 4p |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Many previous studies reported that mobility did not recover to the preoperative level even several months after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, recent studies indicate that the time required for recovery may have been shortened. The correct information regarding the mobility improvement is very helpful in assessing a patients' progress in rehabilitation. Therefore, we evaluated the mobility early after TKA. Materials and Methods: One hundred seventy patients participated. We measured gait speed and the Timed Up and Go test (TUG) as mobility at pre-operatively and post-operatively at one, two, and three weeks. Results: Gait speed at 1 and 2 weeks after TKA was significantly lower than the preoperative value, but no significant difference was observed at 3 weeks. TUG at 1 week after surgery was significantly slower than the preoperative value, but no difference at 2 weeks, and faster than the preoperative value at 3 weeks. Approximately half of the patients (gait speed, 50%; TUG, 55%) demonstrated improvements exceeding their preoperative values. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that achieving preoperative mobility within 3 weeks after TKA may serve as a target for assessing early postoperative recovery progress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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