Awareness of the international rehabilitation guideline in total knee replacement among the physical therapists of tertiary care hospital Peshawar

Background:

The total knee replacement is the finest choice of treatment and propitious surgical intervention that is done customarily in the progressive knee osteoarthritic population.

Aim of study:

The purpose was to determine the awareness of international guidelines of rehabilitation in phase 1 total knee replacement among the physical therapists of tertiary care hospitals in Peshawar.

Materials and Methods:

The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Total 60 patients participated (age 18-40) in the study. Participants having chronic neck pain were included in the study after their consent form was signed. Only those subjects who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Chronic neck pain was assessed through a visual analogue scale and shoulder pain and activities were checked by SPADI. Shoulder proprioception was assessed by LP-ART. LP-ART angle deviations from normal were recorded. VAS was used to assess pain intensity. SPSS was used for analysis.

Results:

Mean age of the participants was 30.47±5.987. Males were 43 (71.6%) and females were 17 (28.3%). The Chi-square test was applied and show that chronic neck pain is associated with shoulder pain and disability with a probability value less than 0.05 while there is no significant difference between neck pain and shoulder proprioception with a P-value greater than 0.05

Conclusion:

The results of this study concluded that chronic neck pain affects shoulder pain and activities but no association is present between neck pain and proprioception in the young population.