Preoperative Rehabilitation in Greek Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty

Patients of intervention group (N=44) followed a 6-week supervised high-intensity preoperative training program. They had a session of preoperative resistance training five days per week for a period of 6 weeks before TKA. Each session was supervised by a physiotherapist specifically trained in progressive resistance training. The duration of each session was approximately 60 minutes. If a participant missed a training session, it was attempted to substitute the session on an alternative day.