Table 1.

Hydrotherapy exercise protocol.

Week	Session	Lower limb exercises	Sets and repetitions
1	1st	Adaptation	–
	2nd	Anterior muscle exercises	2 × 20
		Posterior muscle exercises
2	3rd	2nd exercise session plus:	2 × 20
		Abduction and adduction exercises
	4th	3rd exercise session plus:	3 × 20
		Plantarflexion exercises
3	5th	4th exercise session plus:	3 × 20
		Closed kinetic chain exercises (floats)
	6th	5th exercise session plus:	3 × 20
		Multidirectional walk
4	7th	6th exercise session	4 × 20
	8th	6th exercise session	4 × 20
5	9th	6th exercise session	4 × 20
	10th	6th exercise session	4 × 25
6	11th	6th exercise session	4 × 25
	12th	6th exercise session	4 × 25