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Trial reportKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2009

Clinical value of regular passive ROM exercise by a physical therapist after total knee arthroplasty.

Tae Kyun Kim, Kwan Kyu Park, Su Won Yoon, Sung Ju Kim, Chong Bum Chang, Sang Cheol Seong

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Trial report in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Tae Kyun KimJoint Reconstruction Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumidong, Bundangu, Seongnam-si, Gyunggido 463-707, Korea. osktk@snubh.org
Kwan Kyu Park
Su Won Yoon
Sung Ju Kim
Chong Bum Chang
Sang Cheol Seong
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital · KRSeoul National University · KRStatistics Korea · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regular passive ROM exercise (PROME) by a physical therapist is often incorporated in rehabilitation protocols after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This randomized, controlled trial examined whether or not the incorporation of PROME to a postoperative rehabilitation protocol would offer a better clinical outcome after TKA. Fifty consecutive patients who underwent bilateral TKAs staged 2 weeks apart received PROME for one knee and not for the other. The pain level (7D and 14D), patient's preference (before discharge, 6M), maximum flexion (7D, 14D, 3M, 6M) and American Knee Society and WOMAC scores (6M) were determined in the knees with and without PROME and compared. There were no significant differences in the maximum flexion, pain level, patient's preference, AKS scores and WOMAC scores. This study demonstrates that the incorporation of PROME does not offer additional clinical benefits to the patients after TKA. Our findings may suggest that encouraging patients to perform active ROM exercise would be a better option and that a physiotherapy session by a physical therapist can focus on more functional rehabilitation, such as preparing to return to daily activities.

Indexed as

Patient PreferenceRange of Motion, ArticularRecovery of FunctionAgedAged, 80 and overAnalgesia, Patient-ControlledArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPain

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PMID19225758
OpenAlexW2014511894

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