Pain Neuroscience Education in Patients With Total Knee Arthroplasty

"The experimental group will follow a PNE protocol based on previous procedure for 6 weeks in addition to the standard physiotherapy program (SPP) in postoperative period.~Each PNE session will take 45-60 min. PNE will be conducted in line with international guidelines and covered the neurophysiology of pain, transition from acute to chronic pain, and the nervous system ability to modulate the pain experience."

The control group will follow a SPP. The 45-minute-long treatment sessions will be held 5 days per week. The treatment program will be organized in 3 periods as 0-2 weeks, 3-4 weeks and 5-6 weeks. The overall treatment program will include scar massage, patellar mobilization, coldpack, ankle pump, quadriceps and hamstring strengthening, hip range of motion, hip strengthening exercises, squat, ascending and descending stairs, walking training. All exercises will be 10 repetitions x 2 sets.