ArticleActa bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis2017
Early rehabilitation after elective total knee arthroplasty.
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- Advances in Peripheral Nerve Block Techniques and Clinical Strategies for Their Implementation Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Thromboembolic complications were not different between intravenous and epidural analgesia after unilateral knee arthroplasty under neuraxial anesthesia: a propensity-score matched analysis.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2026Article
- The factors determining early mobilization in elderly patients undergoing total knee replacement.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Total Knee Arthroplasty on Pain Reduction and Functional Improvement in Elderly Patients: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Advanced biomedical research · 2025Article
- The Minimum Clinically Important Difference of the Brief Pain Inventory During the Perioperative Period of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Observational Study.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Applying the Knowledge-to-Action Framework to Implement and Evaluate an Evidence-Based Functional Exercise Program for Elderly Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Mixed-Methods Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Article
- Safety and early outcomes of simultaneous bilateral TKA in patients with BMI > 40: A retrospective comparative study.SICOT-J · 2025Article
- Utilization of Rehabilitation Services and Rehabilitation-Related Patient Satisfaction Following Total Knee Arthroplasty-Results of the Prospective FInGK Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- IMPACT OF BODY MASS INDEX ON FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY AFTER TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT.Acta clinica Croatica · 2024Article
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- Non-compressive sleeves versus compression stockings after total knee arthroplasty: A prospective pilot study.Journal of orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Scoping review of evidence-based postoperative recommendations following urogynecology surgery.Gynecology and pelvic medicine · 2024Review
- Enhanced recovery after surgery protocol improves postoperative pain and shortens length of stay among patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty.Journal of orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Association Between Hospital Participation in Value-Based Programs and Timely Initiation of Post-Acute Home Health Care, Functional Recovery, and Hospital Readmission After Joint Replacement.Physical therapy · 2023Article
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- Length of Hospital Stay after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Correlation Study on 1200 Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Preoperative characteristics and intraoperative factors do not correlate with accomplishments of active straight-leg raising, standing up, and walking after primary total knee arthroplasty.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Article
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Abstract
background and aim of the workOutcomes after TKA surgery are supposed to be related to the intensity and type of post-operative rehabilitation. Aim of this paper is to describe our early rehabilitation protocol following TKA with mini-invasive surgery in the immediate post-operative period and analyze functional recovery and changes in pain scores in these patients.
methodsin this observational study, data were collected on 215 total knee arthroplasty patients referred to Orthopedics and Traumatology inpatient ward from July 2012 to January 2014, treated with the same early start rehabilitation protocol. We recorded times to reach functional goals (sitting, standing and assisted ambulation) and pain after the treatment.
resultslength of hospital stay in TKA was 4.6±1.8 days, with a rehabilitation treatment lenght of 3.3±1.3 days. The mean time needed to achieve the sitting position was 2.3±0.7 days, to reach the standing position was 2.6±1.0 days to reach the walking functional goal was 2.9±1.0 days. Pain NRS scores remained below 4 in the first and second post-operative day and below 3 from the third post-operative day.
conclusionOur study confirms that rehabilitation started as soon as 24 hours after surgery with mini-invasive approach, enables early verticalization of patients and early recovery of walking with a good control of pain.
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