Preoperative home-based physical therapy versus usual care to improve functional health of frail older adults scheduled for elective total hip arthroplasty: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Preoperative home-based physical therapy versus usual care to improve functional health of frail older adults scheduled for elective total hip arthroplasty: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Objective: To investigate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a home-based intensive exercise program to improve physical health of frail...

Therapeutic validity and effectiveness of preoperative exercise on functional recovery after joint replacement: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Background: Our aim was to develop a rating scale to assess the therapeutic validity of therapeutic exercise programmes. By use of this rating scale we investigated the therapeutic validity of therapeutic exercise in patients awaiting primary total joint replacement (TJR). Finally, we studied the association between therapeutic validity of...

Preoperative therapeutic exercise in frail elderly scheduled for total hip replacement: A randomized pilot trial

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of therapeutic exercise before total hip replacement in frail elderly. Design: A single-blind, randomized clinical pilot trial. Setting: Outpatient physiotherapy department. Subjects: Frail elderly with hip osteoarthritis awaiting total hip replacement. Interventions: A short ...

Inhoud en methodologische kwaliteit van ziekenhuisprotocollen fysiotherapie na totale knieartroplastiek

Doel De inhoud beschrijven van protocollen die richting geven aan de perioperatieve fysiotherapeutische zorg bij patienten die een totale knieartroplastiek krijgen (TKA) en deze toetsen aan de methodologische kwaliteitscriteria voor internationale richtlijnen. Methode Protocollen van 8 algemene en 2 academische ziekenhuizen in Nederland zijn...