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 session per day, 6 days per week for a total of 6 weeks. Results: After 6 weeks treatment period, the subjects in the group 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 of BROTZMAN physiotherapy protocol in TKA subjects with obesity regarding relief of pain, improvement of knee ROM and WOMAC indx.