Preoperative physical activity level has no relationship to the degree of recovery one year after primary total hip or knee arthroplasty: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

When it comes to prevalidation, it is assumed that a higher preoperative level of physical activity leads to better postoperative recovery. However current literature is inconclusive about the effect of prevalidation on functional recovery of patients with primary osteoarthritis (OA) who underwent a THA or TKA. Therefore the aim of this study is to analyse one of the major assumptions underlying the potential effectiveness of prevalidation namely the relationship between preoperative physical activity level and postoperative recovery one year after THA or TKA in a group of 658 OA patients.

Methods and results

From 2006 to 2012, 1061 patients underwent a primary THA or TKA at University Medical Center Groningen. Preoperative and one-year postoperative patients fill

SUBMITTER: Poortinga S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4275174 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature