Effects of occupational therapy with shared goals and tactile pressure discrimination tasks on postoperative total knee arthroplasty patients with somatosensory abnormalities

Abstract

A tactile pressure discrimination task was used in combination with a goal-sharing approach for a patient who presented with somatosensory abnormalities after artificial knee joint replacement (TKA). After about five weeks of intervention, the degree of somatosensory abnormalities improved and pain intensity decreased. The intervention in this case suggests that it may be useful to combine appropriate therapeutic interventions based on the results of the evaluation based on a complex evaluation after TKA.