The patients with knee osteoarthritis who underwent primay total knee arthroplasty. cross-education, total knee arthroplasty, knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Cross-education exercise for post-operative unilateral primary total knee arthroplasty. The program is the seated leg extension excercise with ankle weight of the contralateral leg that underwent surg
Experimental Procedure/Surgery,Active Comparator Procedure/Surgery
Cross-education exercise add-on routine post-operative rehabilitation,Routine post-operative rehabilitation
Sponsors
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
55 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 55-80 years old 2. Primary osteoarthritis of the knee with Kellgren-Lawrence stage III-IV 3. Underwent primary total knee arthroplasty
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Bilateral total knee arthroplasty in one operation 2. Revision total knee arthroplasty 3. The patient can not exercise as study protocol; seated leg extension with/without the ankle weight 4. Neurological disease with neurodeficit such as stroke, cervical spondylosis radiculopathy, spinal stenosis 5. The patient can not follow-up until the end of the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quadriceps strength of operative leg pre-op, 4, 8 weeks post-op Newton; measure with MicroFET3 dynamometer & ROM Evaluator(Hoggan Health Industries Inc., USA) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Functional outcome pre-op, 4, 8 weeks post-op Thai version WOMAC questionaire version 3.01 | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactPawaras Chutimanon
Department of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Outcome results
None listed