A Protocol of Pose Avoidance in Place of Hip Precautions After Posterior-Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty May Not Increase Risk of Post-operative Dislocation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-operative rehabilitation after posterior-approach total hip arthroplasty (P-THA) includes the use of standard hip precautions, defined as no hip flexion beyond 90°, hip adduction, or hip internal rotation for 6 to 12 weeks after surgery (sometimes for life). Since they were first implemented in the 1970s, subsequent advances may have made standard hip precautions no longer necessary, although little evidence supports that hypothesis. A modified set of precautions, a "pose avoidance protocol," could be effective in enhancing recovery, but its effectiveness on early dislocation and post-surgical outcomes is not known.

Questions/purposes

We sought to determine the functional recovery of patients on a pose avoidance protocol after P-THA according to levels of pai

SUBMITTER: Eannucci EF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6778163 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature