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Knee
Rehabilitation after arthroplasty, ligament reconstruction, meniscal, cartilage and extensor mechanism surgery.
How an orthopaedic surgeon adapts protocols to individual care
The individual case, the individual patient, the individual surgeon. Rehabilitation planning requires knowledge of the actual procedure, tissue and bone quality, the stability achieved during surgery and concomitant repairs.
Missing surgical details are not a reason to accelerate rehabilitation independently. The operative report and individual postoperative instructions remain the reference.
Available protocols
This section brings together material on common knee operations. Detailed recommendations depend on the extent and quality of the individual repair.
- Total knee arthroplasty — TKA
- Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty — UKA
- Meniscal repair — rehabilitation protocol
- ACL reconstruction — rehabilitation protocol
- Medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) repair and reconstruction — rehabilitation protocol
- Meniscal root repair
- Partial meniscectomy
- Osteotomies around the knee
- Cartilage repair procedures
- Extensor mechanism repair
Further reading
Return-to-sport criteria after ACL reconstruction → — a research review, not a complete postoperative protocol (in Polish).
Educational material for professionals. It does not replace individual clinical assessment or the operating surgeon’s instructions.
Content prepared by: Tomasz Poboży - orthopaedic surgeon.