The effects of aquatic prehabilitation in knee OA patients on knee arthroplasty outcomes
Description: PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Total knee arthroplasty is performed with increasing frequency; although the surgery is generally successful, many patients have persistent pain and disability. Prehabilitation is defined as a process of enhancing functional capacity of an individual to enable him/her to withstand an incoming stressor. This project will use individualized water exercise as a prehabilitation tool in patients with poor mobility undergoing total knee arthroplasty to determine if prehabilitation can improve postoperative outcomes.
Funder: National Institute on Aging
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: R03
Start date: 2015-09-01
End date: 2018-05-31
Investigator: SUNGHYE KIM
Institution: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
Funded outputs count: 5
Funder award ID: R03AG050919
OpenAlex ID: G6278375696