Introduction: Knee replacement surgery involves replacing articular surface of the femur and tibia in the knee joint with an artificial surface. The most important aim of replacement knee joint is improving daily function in patients and is a pain relief in knee that was caused by arthritis “joint wear”, rheumatism or degradation of the articular surface. Therefore the aim of present study is the effect of 8 weeks of sling exercise training on the functional consequences in patients with total knee arthroplasty.
Methodology: In this quasi-experimental study of 10 adolescent patients with total knee replacement females with an average age (12.6 ± 87.62 years), Height (37.5 ± 37.155 cm) and weight (62.12 ± 25.70 kg) available and Targeted were chosen. Patients have done sling exercise training for eight weekly 60-minute session under the supervision of an expert. Before and after doing the exercise, functional outcomes were measured by the WOMAC (The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index) questionnaire. Analysis of the results using analysis of variance was performed to duplicate data in the software package SPSS. (P≤0/05)
Results: The results showed that after doing sling exercises, the functional outcomes in patients were significantly improved (P≤0/05). So that the functional outcomes (from score 61.11±3.36 to 16.79±1.61) have been changed.
Conclusion: The findings of this study and the poor performance of patients after total knee replacement surjery it seems that sling exercises as effective rehabilitation method through other treatment methods can improve daily performance and rehabilitation of patients with total knee arthroplasty.