| Trial name or title |
Early neuromuscular electrical stimulation improves functional performance after total knee arthroplasty |
| Methods |
31 participants randomized to either a standardized rehabilitation group for 9 weeks post surgery (control group n=14) or a standardized rehabilitation group with additional NMES twice daily for 15 minutes for 6 weeks (experimental group n = 17). |
| Participants |
31 patients with end stage arthritis (20 women and 11 men). |
| Interventions |
Standardized rehabilitation group which included 3 to 5 days on inpatient physical therapy, 2 weeks of home physical therapy and 6 weeks of outpatient physical therapy. In addition the experimental group received NMES twice daily for 15 minutes for 6 weeks. The average NMES dosage was quantified as a percentage of maximal voluntary quadriceps strength. |
| Outcomes |
Timed up and go test, stair climbing test, 100ft walk test and 6 minute walk test |
| Starting date |
Not given |
| Contact information |
Jennifer Stevens, Assistant Professor, UCD Physical Therapy Program |
| Notes |
Correspondence by email stated that the preliminary results only had been presented but research findings will be presented formally in February 2009. |
