Kneed is the first and only evidence-based online pain rehabilitation program developed specifically for people who continue to have pain after a knee replacement. Kneed will be launching here soon.
Kneed is an original self-management program designed and developed by Dr Nathan Johns as part of his PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), a postgraduate translational research program at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
Kneed’s aim is to reduce pain!
Our philosophy is that, if pain reduces, function, fitness and fullness of life follow.
This is achieved through a self-paced program (at your own time, however much you want) that teaches you why pain persists after knee replacement and teaches and shows you, what you need to do to improve. No one can do this for you, however, your family, friends and clinicians can support you in your recovery.
What’s in Kneed:
Kneed is designed as an 8 week pain rehabilitation program.
Kneed is divided into 4 pain knowledge modules, 5 pain treatment modules and 4 pain strategy modules that cover everything you Kneed to know about treating your pain. With text, videos and quizzes, you will not only be provided with all the expert knowledge you need to improve, you will discover the motivation that gets you there.
By completing the modules you will understand why pain persists after knee replacement and be able to engage in exercise, movement training, brain training, desensitization and relaxation and use strategies to manage flare-ups, relax with progressive muscular relaxation, sleep better and create a vision of the future by setting your own goals.
You can do the modules in any order you like, at your own pace, at any time over an 8 week period.
You can take notes as you go, be guided to develop your own exercise and activity programs and be guided to develop your own flare-up management program, all of which you can print or download to keep.
More about the development of Kneed
As part of this PhD, Dr Johns reviewed all of the research that had been conducted in people with pain after knee replacement and authored articles investigating how much pain people have and for how long, the role of inpatient rehabilitation on knee pain and the role of rehabilitation in treating pain that persists after knee replacement.
Using the knowledge gained during the PhD, together with 20 years as a specialist rehabilitation physician treating people with pain after knee replacement and combining all the elements of neurological, cardiac and pain rehabilitation programs, Dr Johns designed, wrote and developed this website to provide the first pain rehabilitation program to treat people with persistent pain after knee replacement.
With his research team, Dr Johns conducted a randomised controlled trial to:
1. Assess feasibility (is it possible to recruit anyone to do Kneed and run the trial?)
2. Assess usability (is the website an ok way to receive healthcare information)
3. Assess whether Kneed improve pain, function, mood and quality of life
4. Assess whether participants in the trial feel that they are improved after doing the Kneed program
We recruited 60 people to the trial from Facebook and Instagram and were amazed by the number of people who were interested in the trial! A huge thank you to everyone who agreed to participate!
What we found:
Amazingly – 45% of people who joined the trial were for regional, rural or remote Australia. This was a fantastic result as equitable access to healthcare is part of our groups and the Australian digital healthcare strategy. Also, 75% of people described themselves as female and the average age was 68 years.
We will bring more results to you as soon as we publish!
