Effect of Outpatient Rehabilitation on Functional Mobility After Single Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Even without evidence, rehabilitation practitioners continue to introduce new interventions to enhance the mobility outcomes for the increasing population with a recent total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Objective

To compare post-TKA functional mobility outcomes among 3 newly developed physical therapy protocols with a standard-of-care post-TKA rehabilitation protocol.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial included 4 study arms implemented in 15 outpatient clinics within a single health system in the Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, District of Columbia, region from October 2013 to April 2017. Participants included patients who underwent elective unilateral TKA, were aged 40 years and older, and began outpatient physical therapy w

SUBMITTER: Hsieh CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7499127 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature