AFTER UNILATERAL TKR, CAN PHYSIOTHERAPY BE EFFECTIVE ON PREVENTING FROM UNDERGOING CONTRA LATERAL LEG TKR?
Dr. S. S. Subramanian*, M.P.T (Orthopaedics), M.S (Education),
Abstract
More total knee joint replacement (TKR) surgeries were recorded
globally every year. But regular post operative physiotherapy and
follow up reports were less recorded. This research were female at 52
years underwent TKR in 2012, develops pain and arthritic changes of
contra lateral leg with increasing pain reducing her QOL. With specific
physiotherapy exercises intervention in 15 sessions from July 2019 to
September 2019 her clinical improvements and QOL were analyzed
statistically (P
Keywords: QOL – Quality of Life, OA – Osteoarthritis, TKR – Total Knee Replacement.
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