Total Knee Arthroplasty

Total knee replacement is a surgical procedure most commonly performed in patients with severe osteoarthritis of knee and also for other knee disease such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. Post operative complications after this surgeries are pain, impaired proprioception, difficulty in ADL's and falls due to balance issues. Falls and loss of balance most commonly occur during movement-related tasks such as walking and less frequently during static activities. Physiotherapy treatment have effective measures to cope up with this patients problems. During hospital stay, physiotherapy targets mobilization and achievement of functional goals relating to hospital discharge. Further post discharge physiotherapy and exercise best interventions promote retraining and functional improvement. With more concentrating on balance training, helps the patients with total knee replacement to live a better life.

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O Dr. Priyanka Jadhav está a persuadir o Mestre de Fisioterapia (Ciências Musculoesqueléticas) na Fundação Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil, Colégio de Fisioterapia, Ahmednagar (Maharashtra). O seu interesse de investigação é na área dos pacientes com artroplastia total do joelho. Actualmente está a realizar uma investigação sobre artroplastia total de joelho.