Table 1.
Study | Participants | Intervention | Control | Variables | Conclusions |
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RCT pilot 33 |
24 patients undergoing TKA from 65 to 75 years |
N = 12 Standard rehabilitation (3 times per week for 4 weeks) + MI exercises (15-min sessions) |
N = 12 Standard rehabilitation (3 times per week for 4 weeks) + Neutral activities (15-min sessions) |
|
MI plus standard rehabilitation improves strength and functional recovery in patients with TKA |
RCT pilot 34 |
20 patients undergoing TKA from 65 to 75 years |
N = 10 Standard rehabilitation (3 times per week for 4 weeks) + MI exercises (15-min sessions) |
N = 10 Standard rehabilitation (3 times per week for 4 weeks) + Neutral activities (15-min sessions) |
|
MI combined to standard rehabilitation improves quadriceps strength and knee flexion ROM in patients with TKA |
RCT 39 |
34 patients undergoing bilateral TKA from 50 to 85 years |
N = 17 Standard rehabilitation (4 weeks) + MI exercises (15-min sessions 5 days per week) |
N = 17 Standard rehabilitation (4 weeks) |
|
MI plus standard rehabilitation improves strength and reduces its loss and gait speed in patients with TKA 4 weeks after surgery |
RCT 35 |
26 patients undergoing TKA from 50 to 85 years |
N = 13 Standard rehabilitation (5 times a week, 2 times per day for 4 weeks) + MI exercises (2 sets of 25 repetitions) |
N = 13 Standard rehabilitation (5 times a week, 2 times per day for 4 weeks) |
|
The addition of MI to physical therapy rehabilitation preserved levels of strength and subjective measures of physical function |
RCT 36 |
48 patients undergoing TKA from 59 to 73 years |
N = 24 Standard rehabilitation + MI training (2 30-min sessions per day, every day along 11 days) |
N = 24 Standard rehabilitation + Training based on the enhancement of non-motoric cognitive functions (2 30-min sessions per day, every day along 11 days) |
|
MI training combined to standard physical therapy rehabilitation may improve gait and limit new falls in the long term in patients with recent TKA in the post-surgery acute phase |
RCT pilot 37 |
10 patients undergoing unilateral TKA from 50 to 80 years |
N = 4 Standard rehabilitation (3 times per week for 2 months) + 10 mins of MI + Exercise programme |
N = 6 Standard rehabilitation (3 times per week for 2 months) + Exercise programme |
- Knee flexion ROM - Pain intensity |
MI plus standard rehabilitation after TKA may improve knee flexion ROM and function |
RCT 38 |
24 patients undergoing TKA from 60 to 85 years |
N = 12 Standard rehabilitation (5 30-min sessions + Exercise programme mentally performed) |
N = 12 Standard rehabilitation (5 30-min sessions + Exercise programme physically performed |
|
MI combined to early physical therapy rehabilitation improves disability but no ROM in patients with TKA |
MI, motor imagery; RCT, randomised controlled trial, ROM, range of motion; TKA, total knee arthroplasty.