Effect of Immediate Postoperative Physical Therapy on Length of Stay for Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients
| Autor: | Alma E. Heyl, Brian A. Klatt, Antonia F. Chen, Melissa K. Stewart |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Joint arthroplasty Nausea Arthroplasty Replacement Hip medicine.medical_treatment Cohort Studies medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Postoperative Period Prospective Studies Arthroplasty Replacement Knee Prospective cohort study Physical Therapy Modalities Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Rehabilitation business.industry Retrospective cohort study Length of Stay Middle Aged Arthroplasty Patient Discharge Surgery Treatment Outcome Anesthesia Physical therapy Vomiting Female medicine.symptom business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Arthroplasty. 27:851-856 |
| ISSN: | 0883-5403 |
| Popis: | The isolated effect of physical therapy (PT) on total joint arthroplasty hospital length of stay (LOS) has not been studied. A prospective cohort study was conducted on 136 primary total joint arthroplasties (58 hips, 78 knees). The LOS was determined by the operative start time until the time of discharge. On postoperative day (POD) 0, 60 joints remained in bed, 51 moved to a chair, and 25 received PT (22 ambulated, 3 moved to a chair). Length of stay differed for patients receiving PT on POD 0 (2.8 ± 0.8 days) compared with POD 1 (3.7 ± 1.8 days) (P = .02). There was no difference in PT treatment based on nausea/vomiting, pain levels, or discharge location. Isolated PT intervention on POD 0 shortened hospital LOS, regardless of the intervention performed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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