Prospective Randomized Trial of the Efficacy of Continuous Passive Motion Post Total Knee Arthroplasty: Experience of the Hospital for Special Surgery

Publication Date

2015

Journal Title

J Arthroplasty

Abstract

Conflicting evidence has created substantial controversy regarding the use of continuous passive motion (CPM) in the in-patient setting post total knee arthroplasty (TKA). A total of 109 patients were randomly assigned to two groups, CPM or no CPM, applied after TKA. All patients received the same physical therapy protocol (3 sessions per day), with the only exception being the CPM. Both groups had a knee flexion of 115 degrees at 6 weeks and 120 degrees at 3 months, with no significant differences (P=0.69 and P=0.41, respectively). Length of stay was significantly less for the group who did not receive CPM. The use of CPM had no clinically relevant benefits with respect to AROM, clinical outcomes or discharge disposition and was associated with a cost of $235.50 per TKA.

Volume Number

30

Issue Number

12

Pages

2364-9

Document Type

Article

EPub Date

2015/07/15

Status

Northwell Researcher

Facility

Northwell Health

Primary Department

Orthopedic Surgery

PMID

26165955

DOI

10.1016/j.arth.2015.06.006

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