Reliability of knee joint range of motion and circumference measurements after total knee arthroplasty: does tester experience matter?

2009170 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Thomas Jakobsen · Copenhagen University Hospital

M. Christensen · Metropolitan University College

Stine Sommer Christensen · University College Copenhagen

Marie Veisegaard Olsen · University College Copenhagen

Thomas Bandholm · Copenhagen University Hospital

Abstract

In clinical practice, we suggest that repeated knee goniometric and circumferential measurements should be recorded by the same physiotherapist in individual patients with TKA. Tester experience appears not to influence the degree of reliability.

Topics & Keywords

Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Physiotherapy Research International

Volume 15, Issue 3, pp. 126-134

DOI: 10.1002/pri.450

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