Content and delivery of pre-operative interventions for patients undergoing total knee replacement: a rapid review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Total knee replacement (TKR) is a common operation typically performed for end-stage knee osteoarthritis. Patients awaiting TKR often have poor health-related quality of life. Approximately 20% of patients experience persistent pain post-TKR. Pre-operative TKR interventions could improve pre- and post-operative outcomes, but future research is required to inform their design. This review aimed to identify and synthesize recent literature on the content and delivery of pre-operative TKR interventions to help guide future research and clinical practice.

Methods

This rapid review included randomized trials of pre-operative TKR interventions ("outcomes studies") and primary studies exploring patients' and/or health professionals' views of pre-operative TKR interventio

SUBMITTER: Anderson AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9436722 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature