August 7, 2025Sports Medicine - OpenOpen Access

Comparative Analysis of Multidisciplinary Complementary Intervention Versus Routine Physiotherapy Rehabilitation to Reduce Kinesiophobia in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis Undergoing Total Knee Replacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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HTHung Tzu-Han MLMei-Chun Liu KYKuo Ya-Wen

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Systematic review shows multidisciplinary intervention reduces kinesiophobia in knee osteoarthritis patients, suggesting improved rehabilitation outcomes.

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Multidisciplinary care intervention effectively reduces kinesiophobia in patients post-total knee replacement.
Meta-analysis shows large effect size (-2.57) in reducing kinesiophobia compared to conventional physical therapy.
Seven randomized controlled trials involving 648 individuals were analyzed to compare treatment effectiveness.
Findings suggest that multidisciplinary interventions promote better rehabilitation and lower pain scores after surgery.

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Tzu-Han et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a0fa0e6551bb0af8d194e https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-025-00899-6

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Systematic review shows multidisciplinary intervention reduces kinesiophobia in knee osteoarthritis patients, suggesting improved rehabilitation outcomes.