Effectiveness of Therapeutic Exercises Program on Patients' Knowledge, Pain, and Knee Functional Activity Post Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery. | ||
| Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||
| Volume 6, Issue 2, July 2025, Pages 871-896 PDF (1.07 M) | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2025.458313 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nehal Mahmoud Abo Elfadl1; Fatma Mohmed Attia2; Nora Fares Mohammed2 | ||
| 1Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt | ||
| 2Lecturer of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Benha University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Context: Exercise therapy is considered as a basic element of care that can be provided for patients post-surgery as it could lower need for drugs and promote wound healing and early recovery. Study aim: Was to evaluate effectiveness of therapeutic exercises program on patients' knowledge, pain, and knee functional activity post arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament surgery. The study used a quasi-experimental design, specifically employing a pre/post-test on purposive sample of 110 adult patients were involved in the study who distributed equally into study and control groups. Setting: orthopedic outpatient clinics at Benha University Hospital, Qualubyia, Egypt. Tools: Three tools were utilized for data collection including; I) Patients’ Structured Interview Questionnaire, II) Anterior Knee Pain Scale “Kujala Scale”, III) Functional Activity Measurement Tool. Results: clarified that 60.0% of both groups had poor level of total knowledge preprogram implementation, while post two weeks and post one month of implementation, there was a good knowledge level among study group (83.6% & 67.3% respectively) compared to control group (12.7% &10.9% respectively) with a high statistically significant difference. In addition, throughout program phases, there was a negative and statistically significant correlation between knee pain among studied patients and their muscle strength as well as activities of daily living. Meanwhile, there was a positive and highly statistical correlation between knee range of motion and activities of daily living as p value ≤ 0.001. Conclusion: Therapeutic exercises program was effective in improving patients’ knowledge, enhancing knee functional activity, and reducing pain level among study group than control group. Recommendations: Continuous training programs should be conducted to improve patients’ knowledge and practice regarding therapeutic exercises. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Exercises Program; Knowledge; Pain; knee Functional Activity; Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery | ||
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