Cognitive therapeutic exercise in early proprioception recovery after knee osteoarthritis surgery.

Objective: This research aims to explore the therapeutic effect of cognitive therapeutic exercise (CTE) in proprioception recovery after knee osteoarthritis (KOA) surgery.

Methods: In total, thirty-seven patients recovering from KOA surgery (including 27 patients who had undergone high-tibial osteotomy (HTO) procedure and 10 patients who had received total knee arthroplasty (TKA) treatment were randomly assigned to two groups: 18 patients in the CTE group and 19 patients for the control group (non-CTE). Patients in the CTE group received proprioceptive training as cognitive therapy to facilitate proprioception recovery for up to 4 weeks: 5 days a week and two 10-min sessions a day.