A pilot study of aquatic prehabilitation in adults with knee osteoarthritis undergoing total knee arthroplasty – short term outcome

Abstract Background Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is increasingly more prevalent and significant number of patients require knee arthroplasty. Although knee arthroplasty is generally successful, it takes months to recover physical function. Preoperative physical function is known to predict postoperativ...

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Main Authors: Sunghye Kim, Fang-Chi Hsu, Leanne Groban, Jeff Williamson, Stephen Messier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04253-1