One-to-one therapy is not superior to group or home-based therapy after total knee arthroplasty: A randomized, superiority trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 1942-1949

  Ko, Victoria ^a   Naylor, Justine ^b   Harris, Ian ^a   Crosbie, Jack ^c   Yeo, Anthony ^d   Mittal, Rajat ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Hospital   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d INGHAM INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP BASED PHYSICAL THERAPY; HOME BASED PHYSICAL THERAPY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONE TO ONE PHYSICAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXFORD KNEE SCORE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SELF REPORT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890867801     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00964     Document Type: Article

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