The efficacy of brotzman physiotherapy protocol on pain and knee range of motion in post surgical total knee arthroplasty subjects with obesity

Background:To evaluate the efficacy of Brotzman physiotherapy protocol on pain and knee range of motion in post surgical T.K.A subjects with obesity and normal BMI . Materials and Methods:30 subjects were divided into two groups based on BMI. The group I having normal BMI (18.5 – 24.9) and group II having BMI more than 30. Both groups received Brotzman physiotherapy protocols for duration of 30 - 45 minutes, 1 se ssion per day, 6 days per week for a total of 6 weeks. Results:After 6 weeks treatment period, the subjects in thegroup I were compared with the subjects in the group II. Group I had shown a significant difference with outcome measures at 0.05 level.Conclusion:The study shows that there is a marginal significance ofBROTZMAN physiotherapy protocol in TKA subjects with obesity regarding relief of pain, improvement of knee ROM and WOMAC indx.