The estimates for risk of manipulation and adverse events are very imprecise and the estimate for the risk of adverse events does not distinguish between a clinical ly important increase and decrease in risk .
There was insufficient evidence to determine the effect of CPM on participants ' global assessment of treatment effectiveness .
CPM does not have clinical ly important effects on active knee flexion ROM , pain , function or quality of life to justify its routine use .
BACKGROUND Arthritis of the knee is a common problem causing pain and disability .
If severe , knee arthritis can be surgically managed with a total knee arthroplasty .
Rehabilitation following knee arthroplasty often includes continuous passive motion ( CPM ) .
CPM is applied by a machine that passively and repeatedly moves the knee through a specified range of motion ( ROM ) .
It is believed that CPM increases recovery of knee ROM and has other therapeutic benefits .
However , it is not clear whether CPM is effective .
OBJECTIVES To assess the benefits and harms of CPM and st and ard postoperative care versus similar postoperative care , with or without additional knee exercises , in people with knee arthroplasty .
This review is an up date of a 2003 and 2010 version of the same review .
The use of a passive motion machine in the postoperative rehabilitation of Dupuytren's disease.
The purpose of this study was to prospect ively compare the postoperative use of passive motion ( PM ) and st and ard h and therapy after surgical treatment of Dupuytren 's disease for extent and rate of recovery of joint motion . Our data indicate that metacarpophalangeal joint contractures improved completely to a mean of 0 degrees , regardless of the postoperative protocol . Contractures at the proximal interphalangeal joint showed incomplete recovery in both study groups , with a mean residual contracture of 28 degrees for PM patients and 38 degrees for control patients . Contractures of the metacarpophalangeal-proximal interphalangeal joints in the same finger showed complete metacarpophalangeal joint recovery to a mean of 0 degrees but incomplete proximal interphalangeal joint recovery with a mean residual contracture of 30 degrees in PM patients and 22 degrees in control patients . We conclude that the use of a PM machine in the rehabilitation of Dupuytren 's disease does not offer an advantage in the postoperative management of this condition
The estimates for risk of manipulation and adverse events are very imprecise and the estimate for the risk of adverse events does not distinguish between a clinical ly important increase and decrease in risk .
There was insufficient evidence to determine the effect of CPM on participants ' global assessment of treatment effectiveness .
CPM does not have clinical ly important effects on active knee flexion ROM , pain , function or quality of life to justify its routine use .
BACKGROUND Arthritis of the knee is a common problem causing pain and disability .
If severe , knee arthritis can be surgically managed with a total knee arthroplasty .
Rehabilitation following knee arthroplasty often includes continuous passive motion ( CPM ) .
CPM is applied by a machine that passively and repeatedly moves the knee through a specified range of motion ( ROM ) .
It is believed that CPM increases recovery of knee ROM and has other therapeutic benefits .
However , it is not clear whether CPM is effective .
OBJECTIVES To assess the benefits and harms of CPM and st and ard postoperative care versus similar postoperative care , with or without additional knee exercises , in people with knee arthroplasty .
This review is an up date of a 2003 and 2010 version of the same review .