Preoperative Physical Therapy Education Reduces Time to Meet Functional Milestones After Total Joint Arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As length of stay decreases for total joint arthroplasty, much of the patient preparation and teaching previously done in the hospital must be performed before surgery. However, the most effective form of preparation is unknown. This randomized trial evaluated the effect of a one-time, one-on-one preoperative physical therapy education session coupled with a web-based microsite (preopPTEd) on patients' readiness to discharge from physical therapy (PT), length of hospital stay, and patient-reported functional outcomes after total joint arthroplasty.

Questions/purposes

Was this one-on-one preoperative PT education session coupled with a web- based microsite associated with (1) earlier achievement of readiness to discharge from PT; (2) a reduced hospital length of st

SUBMITTER: Soeters R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5919221 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature