Feasibility and efficacy of knee extension training using a single-joint hybrid assistive limb, versus conventional rehabilitation during the early postoperative period after total knee arthroplasty
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Feasibility and efficacy of knee extension training using a single-joint hybrid assistive limb, versus conventional rehabilitation during the early postoperative period after total knee arthroplasty
Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of treatment for the recovery of knee joint function after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using a robotic suit. Patients and Methods: Knee joint extension exercise sessions were started with a robotic suit (single-joint hybrid assistive limb [HAL-SJ, Cyberdyne, Inc., Tsukuba, Japan]) in one group of patients after TKA. Patients who underwent standard rehabilitation were enrolled in the control group. To evaluate feasibility and safety, we assessed the adverse events, the number of training sessions, and training time. We compared the changes in knee joint pain and extension lag (°) between the groups. Results: The average age was 71.3 ± 6.2 years in the HAL-SJ group and 74.9 ± 8.7 years in the control group. There were no severe adverse events. In the HAL-SJ group, training was performed 2.9 times, on average, and lasted 18.8 min. In the HAL-SJ group, there was a reduction in the visual analog scale (VAS) for pain after training, which was not significant. In the control group, the VAS score worsened after the sessions. The extension lag significantly improved in the HAL-SJ group after the 2nd and 3rd sessions, and this was more due to improvements in their active extension range of motion than their passive extension range of motion. Conclusions: HAL-SJ-based training is safe and effective, and leads to instantaneous improvement of extension lag, without worsening knee joint pain. HAL-SJ-based knee extension training could represent a viable novel post-TKA rehabilitation modality.
Keywords: extension lag; hybrid assistive limb; osteoarthritis of the knee; rehabilitation; total knee arthroplasty.
©2021 The Japanese Association of Rural Medicine.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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