Studying Balance Training with Tecnobody ProKin Device to Improve Strength, Balance, and Walking After Total Knee Replacement Surgery

What this Trial Is About

Knee osteoarthritis is a common condition that can cause pain and difficulty moving, often leading to the need for total knee arthroplasty TKA when other treatments no longer work. This research explores whether adding balance training with the Tecnobody ProKin system to standard physical therapy can improve recovery after TKA. The study aims to see if this technology-supported balance training leads to better outcomes in muscle strength, balance, walking ability, and body awareness compared to standard rehabilitation alone. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups one group will receive standard rehabilitation plus balance training using the Tecnobody ProKin platform, while the other group will receive only the standard rehabilitation program. Standard therapy includes cold packs, electrical nerve stimulation, muscle stimulation, stretching, strengthening exercises, gait training, and balance exercises over 15 sessions. The balance training group will have additional sessions with the dynamometric platform five times a week for three weeks. During the study, researchers will assess participants before treatment, right after the three-week intervention, and six weeks later. They will measure balance and proprioception using the Tecnobody ProKin system, muscle strength, knee motion range, pain levels, walking ability, quality of life, anxiety, and depression. This monitoring will help determine how balance training affects recovery after knee replacement surgery over a total of nine weeks.

The Effect of Balance Training Using a Dynamometric Platform in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty