This study will determine the difference in outcome for people undergoing knee arthroplasty (knee replacement), between a community based rehabilitation programme and usual care. Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to either usual care or a community based rehabilitation programme. The programme will consist of exercises and practice of functional activities. It will be set up by a Physiotherapist and supervised by a Rehabilitation Assistant with occupational therapy involvement. The study will help to inform the way rehabilitation after knee replacement is delivered, determining whether a home based rehabilitation programme is different usual care physiotherapy.
Interested in taking part?
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Inclusion Criteria: |
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Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study |
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Male or Female, aged 55 years or above |
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Primary unilateral KR as a scheduled procedure |
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Deemed by study screening tool developed to be at risk of poor outcome |
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Happy to allow physiotherapy teams to attend their home to deliver the intensive rehabilitation programme if randomised to the intervention arm |
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Exclusion Criteria: |
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Any absolute contraindications to exercise |
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Rheumatoid arthritis |
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Severe cardiovascular or pulmonary disease (New York Heart Association III-IV) |
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Severe dementia, assessed using the hospital dementia screening |
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Further lower limb arthroplasty surgery planned within 12 months |
See the location map http://corka.octru.ox.ac.uk/location to find a participating centre near you.
