POST-OPERATIVE REHABILITATION IN PATELLO-FEMORAL SURGERY

METİN LÜTFİ HAYDAR, NEVRES HÜRRİYET AYDOĞAN, GÖKHAN MARALCAN

Kocatepe Tıp Dergisi - 2000;1(3):139-142

Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Afyon

 

The aim of this review is to discuss the essentials of post-PF surgery rehabilitation protocole mentioned in literature. The most useful rehabilitation program after patello femoral surgery is unique for each patient. The program has been divided into three therapeutic and one maintenance phases. These phases are not rigid but rather flexible, depending on the progress of each patient.