Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Factors preventing patients from kneeling at 12 months
From: Factors preventing kneeling in a group of pre-educated patients post total knee arthroplasty
Theme | N |
|---|---|
Stiffness | 5 |
Numbness | 4 |
Joint effusion | 1 |
Total | 10 (26 %) |
Pain in the other knee | 19 |
Avoid kneeling because the patient has no need to/habit | 7 |
Fear of injuring knee | 1 |
Pain in hip | 1 |
Overweight | 1 |
Total | 29 (74 %) |
Grand total | 39 (100 %) |