[A comparison of kinesitherapy with and without continuous passive motion (CPM) after the entire allograft surgery of the knee].

A prospective randomized single blind investigation after total knee arthroplasty was performed to evaluate two rehabilitation protocols (one with CPM and the other without CPM). A series of 87 consecutive total knee arthroplasties in 76 patients (72 women and 4 men) was analyzed. The average age of the patients was 64.7 years. Kinesitherapy with CPM was performed in 30 (34.5%) cases, where as in 57 (65.5%) cases kinesitherapy without CPM was performed. Early functional results according to the HSS scale were assessed on the 14th day after surgery. In the group treated with CPM there were 26.7% excellent results, 70.0% good results and 3.3 satisfactory results. The group treated without CPM there were 26.3% excellent results, 70.2% good results and 3.5% satisfactory results. No statistically significant differences were noted between the results yielded by these two rehabilitation protocols.