Graded Motor Imagery and Total Knee Arthroplasty

Launched by INONU UNIVERSITY · Nov 17, 2021

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Participants aged 45-80 who are scheduled for total knee arthroplasty surgery after knee osteoarthritis will be included. Participants will be selected from the relevant population using a nonprobability random sampling method. Participants who agree to participate in the study and meet the inclusion criteria will be assigned to one of the groups (conventional rehabilitation-only or conventional rehabilitation with graded motor imagery) using the closed envelope method. Evaluations will be made one day before surgery, 6 weeks and 6 months after surgery for each group. Pain Visual Analog Sca...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis and being on the waiting list to receive unilateral total knee arthroplasty
• • Approved by the orthopedist for early physiotherapy treatment after total knee arthroplasty
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • - Individuals undergoing revision total knee arthroplasty or undergoing bilateral total knee arthroplasty,
• • Contralateral knee osteoarthritis (defined by activity greater than 4/10 pain)
• • Having undergone any physical therapy intervention or other surgery in the last 6 months
• • Any neurological, cardiac, pulmonary or psychiatric disease (eg, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, neoplasms, uncontrolled blood pressure, neurological conditions) before or after surgery;
• • Fracture, infection in the acute postoperative phase or presence of fever
• • Cognitive impairments that alter the probability of correct understanding of the motor imagery program
• • Body mass index \> 35 kg / m2
• • Difficulties with understanding or communication
• • Insufficient knowledge of Turkish to follow the study instructions.