Early postoperative functional exercise of knee joint experience.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 5 Early postoperative functional exercise of knee joint experience Knee early postoperative functional training can improve and increase local blood circulation, enhance muscle strength, tendon and joint capsule to prevent adhesion and contraction, softening scar and restore the normal function of joints and limbs. But many patients after fracture of a variety of reasons, not early functional training and lead to joint stiffness, flexion contracture, a direct impact on patients after squatting difficult to work and live. 1 Data 1.1 General Information: Since January 2005 -2007 In December, 78 cases of knee surgery in our hospital were randomly divided into two groups were compared, the group of 39 patients with early functional exercise, 28 males and 11 females; the youngest 8 years old, maximum 65 years, 26 cases of unilateral, bilateral in 13 cases; the control group 39 patients by regular exercise, 25 males and 14 females; the youngest 3 years old to 60 years old, unilateral in 28 cases, double side in 11 cases. 2 Methods 2.1 The early postoperative knee joint training time 2.1.1 postoperative functional training time: 24 hours after surgery, such as lower limb quadriceps muscles begin static contraction and foot toe, ankle joint activities, carried out 4 times a day, not less than 50 times each. Third postoperative day, under the guidance of the nurse began to passive functional exercise. 2.1.2 The position of the display after: immediately after restraint strap set with a towel or in both lower extremities and knee position, and knee pads, a soft pillow, so that leg was bent 15 ~ 30 or so, there are drainage tube surgery observed after drainage properties, 24h after extubation. 2.1.3 Psychological care: functional exercises after surgery, before patients and their families should do explanatory work, clarifying the importance of early exercise and pay attention to the dangers of functional ex