Immediate preoperative outcomes of pain neuroscience education for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: A case series.

CONCLUSIONS: Results appear to suggest that immediately after PNE, patients scheduled for TKA had statistically significant changes in fear of movement, decreased sensitivity to pain and positive shifts in their beliefs about their future knee surgery. Larger trials with control/comparison groups are warranted to determine the true effects of preoperative PNE for patients about to undergo TKA. PMID: 29589782 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice - Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Tags: Physiother Theory Pract Source Type: research