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After partial knee replacement, patients can kneel, but they need to be taught to do so: a single-blind randomized controlled trial.(Research Report)
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Physical Therapy
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September 1, 2008
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Background and Purpose. Kneeling is an important functional activity frequently not performed after knee replacement, thus affecting a patient's ability to carry out basic daily tasks. Despite no clinical reason preventing kneeling, many patients fail to resume this activity. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a single physical therapy intervention would improve patient-reported kneeling ability following partial knee replacement (PKR).
Subjects. sixty adults with medial compartment osteoarthritis, suitable for a PKR, participated.
Methods. This was a single-blind, prospective randomized controlled trial. Six weeks after PKR, participants randomly received either ...
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