Function and quality of life could not be meta-analysed due to insufficient data and heterogeneity of measures , but functional measures tended to favour the physiotherapy rehabilitation group .
Most outcomes were similar between outpatient and home-based exercise programs .
Physiotherapy rehabilitation improves hip abductor strength , gait speed and cadence in people who have been discharged from hospital after total hip replacement .
Physiotherapist-directed rehabilitation exercises appear to be similarly effective whether they are performed unsupervised at home or supervised by a physiotherapist in an outpatient setting
QUESTION In people who have been discharged from hospital after a total hip replacement , do rehabilitation exercises directed by a physiotherapist improve strength , gait , function and quality of life ?
Are these exercises as effective in an unsupervised home-based setting as they are in a supervised outpatient setting ?
Physiotherapy after total hip replacement for primary arthrosis.
Organized physiotherapy starting two months after uncomplicated total hip replacements for primary arthrosis did not improve the rehabilitation . Six months after surgery there were no significant differences between 14 patients with and 16 patients without physiotherapy regarding improvement of passive hip motion , or hip or knee muscle strength of the operated limb . Neither were there any differences in walking ability or activities of daily living
Function and quality of life could not be meta-analysed due to insufficient data and heterogeneity of measures , but functional measures tended to favour the physiotherapy rehabilitation group .
Most outcomes were similar between outpatient and home-based exercise programs .
Physiotherapy rehabilitation improves hip abductor strength , gait speed and cadence in people who have been discharged from hospital after total hip replacement .
Physiotherapist-directed rehabilitation exercises appear to be similarly effective whether they are performed unsupervised at home or supervised by a physiotherapist in an outpatient setting
QUESTION In people who have been discharged from hospital after a total hip replacement , do rehabilitation exercises directed by a physiotherapist improve strength , gait , function and quality of life ?
Are these exercises as effective in an unsupervised home-based setting as they are in a supervised outpatient setting ?