Effectiveness of prehabilitation on postoperative outcome of patient undergoing total knee arthroplasty at selected hospital

Aim of the study: - To assess the effectiveness of prehabilitation on postoperative outcome of patient undergoing total knee arthroplasty. Background: Osteoarthritis is one of the most common health problem, encompassing decrease strength, functional ability. The rate and progression of deformities can vary greatly from person to person. But generally surgery take place important role to replace the disability to normal. Surgery also refers to repair deformities and disability. The physiological decline in patient undergoing surgery refers to physical changes an individual experience because of declines in the normal functioning of the body resulting unrelenting pain, restricted movement, lengthening of hospital stay, inability to do self-care. Design: quasi experimental design with one group pre-test post-test design. Methods: Non – probability - Convenience Sampling Technique was used to select the samples for this study. A total of 30 patients participated in the study. 6 minutes’ walk test and 30 second sit to stand was used to assess the physical parameters for data collection. Result: The pretest mean score of functional ability was 19.63±7.12 and the post-test mean score was 29.63±7.73. The calculated paired‘t’ test value of t = 5.666 was found to be statistically significant at p<0.001 level. The pretest mean score of leg strength was 14.03±4.05 12 and the post-test mean score was 20.47±2.57. The calculated paired‘t’ test value of t = 7.600 was found to be statistically significant at p<0.001 level. Conclusion: - - There was a significant improvement in the level of leg strength and functional ability among arthroplasty patient after prehabilitation (p< 0.001). Hence the study revealed that the prehabilitation exercise was effective.