Your Patient Has Recently Undergone Total Right Knee Arthroplasty and Is

Multiple Choice

Your patient has recently undergone total right knee arthroplasty and is seated on a plinth with both feet resting on a stepstool. How should you instruct your patient to step down off the stepstool and onto the floor?

A) Step down first with the right foot.
B) Step down first with the left foot.
C) It does not matter which foot steps down first.
D) Step down with both feet simultaneously.