A Prospective study on assessment of changes in physical activity and health related quality of life during the first 6 months after total knee arthroplasty

Abstract

240 per 100,000 population suffer from symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) of knees every year. This restricts them from performing their daily routine activities due to pain. The literature has yet to identify a potentially viable alternative option for the regeneration of cartilage in those with end stage degenerative changes compromising multiple compartments of the knee. The aim of this study is to analyze the changes recorded in physical activities and health related quality of life in post total knee replacement (TKR) in 159 patients through various parameters over 6 months follow-up period after the procedure conducted at Hospital for Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine, Arthritis and Accident – Trauma (HOSMAT), Bangalore, between July 2020 to June 2021. There was a statistically significant improvement in the parameters at the end of our study.