Effects of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound on recovery of physical impairments, functional performance and quality of life after total knee arthroplasty: Protocol for a quasi-experimental study

• Main Authors: Munajar @ Munajat, Munayati, Mohd Nordin, Nor Azlin, Nor Hamdan, Mohamad Yahya, Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc 2019
• Subjects: RD701 Orthopedics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/74982/1/Effects_of_low_intensity_pulsed_ultrasound_on.39.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/74982/7/74982_Effects%20of%20low-intensity%20pulsed%20ultrasound%20on%20recovery%20of%20physical%20impairments%2C%20functional%20performance%20and%20quality%20of%20life%20after%20total%20knee%20arthroplasty-%20Protocol%20for%20a%20quasi_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/74982/13/74982_Effects%20of%20low-intensity%20pulsed%20ultrasound_wos.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/74982/; https://journals.lww.com/md-journal/fulltext/2019/09060/Effects_of_low_intensity_pulsed_ultrasound_on.39.aspx

The presence of significant pain and swelling during the acute stage following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) may limit the patients’ ability to cooperate in intensive physiotherapy interventions. Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound is one of the modalities that can be used for acute pain and swelling ma...